"boom-and-bust" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more boom-and-bust [comparative], most boom-and-bust [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|more}} boom-and-bust (comparative more boom-and-bust, superlative most boom-and-bust)
  1. (economics, finance, business) Featuring or characterized by a boom and bust cycle in a market or an economy, in which rapid price increase is followed by falling prices or recession. Categories (topical): Business, Economics, Finance

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