Recession vs. Inflation

Recessionnoun

The act or an instance of receding or withdrawing.

Recessionnoun

A period of reduced economic activity

Recessionnoun

The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service.

Recessionnoun

The act of ceding something back.

Recessionnoun

The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.

Recessionnoun

A period during which economic activity, as measured by gross domestic product, declines for at least two quarters in a row in a specific country. If the decline is severe and long, such as greater than ten percent, it may be termed a depression.

Recessionnoun

A procession in which people leave a ceremony, such as at a religious service.

Recessionnoun

The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign.

Recessionnoun

the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year

Recessionnoun

a small concavity

Recessionnoun

the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service

Recessionnoun

the act of ceding back

Recessionnoun

the act of becoming more distant

Recessionnoun

a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters

Recessionnoun

the action of receding; motion away from an observer.

Recession

In economics, a recession is a business cycle contraction when there is a general decline in economic activity. Recessions generally occur when there is a widespread drop in spending (an adverse demand shock).

Inflationnoun

An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas.

Inflationnoun

(economics) An increase in the general level of prices or in the cost of living.

Inflationnoun

(economics) A decline in the value of money.

Inflationnoun

(economics) An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money.

Inflationnoun

Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.

Inflationnoun

(cosmology) An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorised to have occurred very shortly after the big bang.

Inflationnoun

The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.

Inflationnoun

The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity.

Inflationnoun

Persistent expansion or increase in the general level of prices, usually caused by overissue of currency, and resulting in a reduced value of the currency. It is contrasted with deflation, and is when it occurs to a very high degree is called hyperinflation.

Inflationnoun

a general and progressive increase in prices;

Inflationnoun

(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang

Inflationnoun

lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

Inflationnoun

the act of filling something with air

Inflation

In economics, inflation (or less frequently, price inflation) is a general rise in the price level of an economy over a period of time. When the general price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services; consequently, inflation reflects a reduction in the purchasing power per unit of money – a loss of real value in the medium of exchange and unit of account within the economy.