economies

NOUN

saving, frugality

Synonyms

STRONGEST

recession

STRONG

abridgement austerity care carefulness caution curtailment cutback decrease deduction direction discretion husbandry layoff meanness miserliness moratorium parsimony providence prudence reduction regulation restraint retrenchment rollback shrinkage stinginess supervision thrift thriftiness

WEAK

parcity scrimping skimping sparingness

Antonyms

STRONG

addition carelessness disregard enlargement expansion extravagance imprudence increase indiscretion neglect negligence raise spending thoughtlessness

WEAK

squandering

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Companies can’t plan as easily for the future and figure out how many people to hire when there are repeated disruptions in the domestic or global economies.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

Callahan’s research suggests that El Niño events can cause trillions of dollars in lost income, particularly in tropical economies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

America’s affordability challenges mounted fast in 2022, as inflation rates soared as the U.S. and global economies restarted following the coronavirus pandemic and the Federal Reserve started raising its benchmark rate to combat rising prices.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 major economies are due to convene in mountainous Asheville, North Carolina, next Monday and Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

It remained confined to Ethiopia until it caught on in Arabia and then around the world, to sustain today the economies of countries as far-flung as Brazil and Papua New Guinea.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond