: characterized by marked inflation from an increase in demand and a decrease in supply
an overheated economy
Example Sentences
She worked in a stuffy, overheated office. The discussion was getting overheated. The market for new houses is overheated.
Recent Examples on the WebThese economists believe the current surge in inflation is the result of global shocks rather than an overheated U.S. labor market, which would require a much deeper downturn to bring down inflation. Akane Otani, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022 Successive governments have failed to rein in an overheated housing market.New York Times, 27 June 2022 Some fish die-offs were reported in overheated streams. Evan Bush, NBC News, 29 July 2022 Rather, Summers told Bloomberg Television that the surge of inflation is the result of an overheated economy. Alena Botros, Fortune, 28 July 2022 The overheated reaction was, basically: DOES TREVOR CARE ABOUT FOOTBALL? Jason Gay, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2021 Rates remain low compared with historical levels, but the Fed’s aggressiveness has been enough to cool off an overheated economy, including the housing market. Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022 An overheated person might experience dizziness, confusion, inflammation, nausea, seizures, or coma. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 Two men have been indicted in connection with the discovery of 53 people dead in an overheated tractor-trailer in one of the largest mass migrant casualty events in U.S. history. Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 21 July 2022 See More