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Bust

A period of economic activity characterised by sharp contractions in real output due to policy initiatives designed to correct high rates of inflation.

A bust is often characterised by output and employment falling below the full employment level and as a result creating a negative output gap. As well as introducing a possible deflationary spiral if demand contracts too severely. Below is a diagram to illustrate the AD-SRAS framework for an economy suffering a bust.

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