Scissors crisis

Noun

Definitions

1.NounAn economic crisis caused by price scissors, that is, an unfavourable divergence in the prices paid by a particular group or country for products that it needs as against the prices of the products that it produces.

Synonyms

price scissors economic crisis credit crunch financial crisis fiscalamity siegel's paradox crash diseconomy fiscal cliff panic cost-push inflation contagion

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