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Goldilocks Economy

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Goldilocks Economy
A term referring to the U.S. economy of the mid- to late-1990s. It was "not too hot, not too cold, but just right."

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Everything in the goldilocks economy is fine until the three bears (or bear market) come home for their porridge!


Goldilocks economy
A term developed in the mid 1990s to describe the positive performance of the economy as "not too hot, not too cold; just right."

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Kyser says the region enjoys a Goldilocks economy at this point -- not too hot and not too cold.
Nor will it be a Goldilocks economy, a term Shulman coined in the early 1990s to describe one that is neither too hot nor too cold.
A goldilocks economy is one where there is enough growth to sustain corporate profits and keep unemployment levels low, but not so low that it sparks inflation.
 
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