contracyclical

English

Etymology

From contra- +‎ cyclical.

Adjective

contracyclical (comparative more contracyclical, superlative most contracyclical)

1. (economics) Tending to counteract the effects of the business cycle.

   The government cut taxes during the recession as a contracyclical measure.

Derived terms

• contracyclically

 

Translations

tending to stabilize an unbalanced economy

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: motsyklisk (no)

• Portuguese: anticíclico, contracíclico
• Spanish: anticíclico, contracíclico