"scissors crisis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: scissors crises [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|scissors crises}} scissors crisis (plural scissors crises)
  1. (economics) An economic crisis caused by price scissors, that is, an unfavourable divergence in the prices paid by a particular group or country for products that it needs as against the prices of the products that it produces. Categories (topical): Economics
    Sense id: en-scissors_crisis-en-noun-Q4dX1LgV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: economics, science, sciences

Inflected forms

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