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ˈcountercycle Econ.
[counter- 9.]
An economic change or trend stimulated, esp. by a government, to mitigate or compensate for the effects of fluctuations in business or in the national economy. Hence ˌcounterˈcyclical a., of or pertaining to a countercycle; having the nature or effect of a countercycle; ˌcounterˈcyclically adv.
1944M. A. Copeland in Amer. Econ. Rev. XXXIV. 332 A substantial task of providing a ‘countercycle’ through compensatory public expenditure programs will remain. 1952W. P. Egle Economic Stabilization ii. 21 Countercyclically varying budgets and monetary policies. Ibid. iii. 47 The nature of the countercyclical tendencies. 1965McGraw-Hill Dict. Mod. Econ. 122 Countercyclical action, a governmental effort to combat the cyclical instability of the private enterprise system. 1974J. Ratcliffe Town & Country Planning ii. 53 The implementation of growth policies is often too long to allow such New Town investments to be used as a counter-cyclical device. 1983Chem. Week 5 Oct. 99/1 Its different business lines have operated on countercycles, with a few staying profitable enough to cushion the bottom-line shock of a down period in the others. 1985U.S. Banker Dec. 10/3 Government can, through countercyclical spending, ameliorate the downturn and help create a climate for recovery. |