The phrase
"economic upheaval" refers to a situation in which there is a significant and sudden disruption or disturbance in the overall economy. It often involves widespread changes, such as a sharp decline in economic growth, high levels of unemployment, financial instability, and a decline in overall living standards.
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Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«economic»
«upheaval»
Sentences with «economic upheaval»
- There have been months of economic upheaval in Brazil, a big market for Unilever. (fortune.com)
- In her most recent novel, Dog Boy, Eva Hornung rekindles our curiosity with the subject and tells the story of Romochka, a four - year - old boy who is abandoned by both his mother and uncle in the wake of great economic upheaval in Russia in the late 1990's. (bookbrowse.com)
- His extraordinary list of interview subjects includes: President George Bush; two unprecedented interviews with Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, during the recent economic upheaval known as the Great Recession. (sho.com)
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