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stagflation

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stag·fla·tion  (stg-flshn)
n.
Sluggish economic growth coupled with a high rate of inflation and unemployment.
[stag(nation) + (in)flation.]
stag·flation·ary (-sh-nr) adj.
stagflation
Noun
inflation combined with stagnant or falling output and employment [stagnation + inflation]
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Noun1.stagflation - a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation)
inflation, rising prices - a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money"


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