countercyclical
English
Etymology
Adjective
countercyclical (comparative more countercyclical, superlative most countercyclical)
- (public policy) Dampening the cyclical fluctuations due to the business cycle in an economy.
- (economics) Moving in the direction opposite to that of the overall state of an economy.
- The unemployment rate is countercyclical in the sense that it rises when economic growth is low and vice versa.
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dampening cyclical fluctuation
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