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procyclical

adj

Etymology

From pro- + cyclical.

  1. derived from κυκλικός
  2. borrowed from cyclicus
  3. borrowed from cyclique
  4. formed as cyclical — “cyclic + -al”
  5. prefixed as procyclical — “pro + cyclical”

Definitions

  1. Moving in the same direction as the overall state of an economy

    • The employment rate is procyclical, when the economy is doing well more people are working, when it's not doing well, fewer people are working.

  2. Magnifying the cyclical fluctuations of an economy.

The neighborhood

Derived

procyclicality, procyclically

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA