stagflation

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If things get ugly and stagflation—the toxic mix of inflation and slowing growth—takes hold, retirees may have to temper expectations, slash spending, maybe even take a part-time job.

From Barron's

The result was a decade of high inflation, which, combined with slow growth and high unemployment, was forever branded as “stagflation” — a combination of stagnation and inflation.

From MarketWatch

A sharp increase in U.S. wholesale prices added to warning signs from the bond market on Wednesday about the growing risks of stagflation in the economy.

From MarketWatch

Stiglitz said that even before the war, the US economy was "close to stagflation," a dangerous combination of inflation and economic contraction.

From Barron's

Joseph Stiglitz, who jointly won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2001, reportedly said that the U.S. could dip into a period of stagflation, as it did during the oil price shocks in the 1970s.

From Barron's