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価格硬直性 (kakakukouchokusei) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

価か格かく硬こう直ちょく性せい

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Meanings

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price rigidity; price stickiness

Economics term referring to the resistance of prices to change despite shifts in supply and demand. Often discussed in macroeconomics.

価か格かく硬こう直ちょく性せいは、ケインズ経けい済ざい学がくの重じゅう要ような概がい念ねんの

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つ

です

。

Price rigidity is one of the key concepts in Keynesian economics.

この市し場じょうでは価か格かく硬こう直ちょく性せいが観かん察さつされ、需じゅ要ようが減へっても価か格かくが下さがりにくい。

Price stickiness is observed in this market, where prices are slow to fall even when demand decreases.

Kanji

価value, price
格status, rank, capacity
硬stiff, hard
直straightaway, honesty, frankness
性sex, gender, nature

Related words

価か格かく
価格 means 'price' in general, while 価格硬直性 specifically refers to the economic phenomenon of price rigidity.
硬こう直ちょく
硬直 means 'stiffness' or 'rigidity' in a physical or metaphorical sense; 価格硬直性 applies this concept to prices.

Built from

価か格かく+硬こう直ちょく+

Etymology

Compound of 価格 (price) + 硬直 (rigidity) + 性 (property). A calque from English 'price rigidity' used in economics.

性せい