rigidity vs slowdown

rigidity

noun
  • stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay. 

  • The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape 

  • Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance. 

  • The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form. 

slowdown

noun
  • A reduction in speed, or a decrease in the level of production, etc. 

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