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(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..
The continued boom‐and‐bust cycles in support of education and research constitute a costly waste of the nation's human resources.
Florida was one of the most boom-and-bust states for home prices in the 2000s. The median price of a home in the Orlando area, for example, doubled from around $125,000 in 2002 to around $250,000 in 2006, before dropping just as fast.
Caplan's concerns include the Williams and Oakervee Reviews, the boom-and-bust culture for rail funding, and the hiatus on major projects.
Use boom-and-bust when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Boom-and-bust means (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..
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The continued boom‐and‐bust cycles in support of education and research constitute a costly waste of the nation's human resources.
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