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Reflation

Economy; Economics

Policies to pump up demand and thus boost the level of economic activity. Monetarists fear that such policies may simply result in higher inflation.

A policy intended to boost economic activity in a specific geographical area that is not an entire country and, typically, is in worse economic shape than nearby areas. It can include offering firms ...

Regression analysis

Economy; Economics

Number-crunching to discover the relationship between different economic variables. The findings of this statistical technique should always be taken with a pinch of salt. How big a pinch can vary ...

Regressive tax

Economy; Economics

A tax that takes a smaller proportion of income as the taxpayer's income rises, for example, a fixed-rate vehicle tax that eats up a much larger slice of a poor person's income than a rich person's ...

Regulation

Economy; Economics

Rules governing the activities of private-sector enterprises. Regulation is often imposed by government, either directly or through an appointed regulator. However, some industries and professions ...

Regulatory arbitrage

Economy; Economics

Exploiting loopholes in regulation, and perhaps making the regulation useless in the process. This is often done by international investors that use derivatives to find ways around a country's ...

Regulatory capture

Economy; Economics

Gamekeeper turns poacher or, at least, helps poacher. The theory of regulatory capture was set out by Richard Posner, an economist and lawyer at the University of Chicago, who argued that "regulation ...