stagflation
/ˌstæɡˈfleɪʃən/ noun [U] ECONOMICSDefinition
› a situation in which prices keep rising but economic activity does not increase: The oil shock helped tip the US into stagflation with prices rising 13% a year.
(Definition of stagflation noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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