stagnation

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, stagnation has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Ezra Klein Show (Aug 2025).

Economic stagnation is a prolonged period of slow economic growth, typically measured in GDP per capita growth or median income growth, which is usually accompanied by high unemployment. Under some definitions, slow means significantly slower than potential growth as estimated by macroeconomists, even though the growth rate may be nominally higher than in other countries not experiencing economic stagnation.