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"countercyclical" has 4 syllables: count-ercycl-ic-al.
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“The unemployment rate is countercyclical in the sense that it rises when economic growth is low and vice versa.”
"Countercyclical" has 4 syllables: count · ercycl · ic · al.
Countercyclical: (public policy) Dampening the cyclical fluctuations due to the business cycle in an economy.
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