Meaning

1 senses
  1. A crisis caused by the general demand for goods within an economy falling below their supply, either temporarily or on a protracted basis, typically resulting in widespread bankruptcies of unproductive businesses and falling prices.

    Wirtschaftskrise

More definitions
  • a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

Examples

94 sentences
  1. There will be an economic crisis at the end of this year.

    ruВ конце этого года будет экономический кризис. — Lenin_1917

  2. Will Ukraine be able to overcome the economic crisis?

    Чи вдасться Україні подолати економічну кризу? — shanghainese

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  3. Eight years ago, we were in the early stages of what would become the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes.

    ruВосемь лет назад мы находились у истоков того, что впоследствии стало тяжелейшим экономическим кризисом нашего времени. — odexed

    deVor acht Jahren befanden wir uns im Anfangsstadium dessen, was sich einmal zu der größten ökonomischen Katastrophe unseres Lebens zuspitzen sollte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Did the economic crisis affect local businesses?

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  5. We should apply severe measures for the economic crisis.

Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
period of economic slowdown — see also financial crisis:

Forms

plural: economic crises
Singulareconomic crisis
Pluraleconomic crises

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment:depressionslump

Word family

5 related words

See also

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