green shootsnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˌɡriːn ˈʃuːts/us/ˌɡriːn ˈʃuːts/(used especially in newspapers) the first signs of an improvement in an economy that is performing badly:
the green shoots of recovery
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Economics
- autarchy
- broad money
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- consumer price index
- credit crunch
- depressed
- downturn
- economist
- GDP per capita
- GNI
- hyperinflation
- market forces
- mixed economy
- pecuniary
- protectionism
- retail price index
- spending
- stall
- trade figures
- upturn
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