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Definition doom loop in American English

doom loop noun

noun
1

the phenomenon by which weak banks can destabilize governments that support them and over-indebted governments can push banks that hold their bonds over the edge

Example

The first problem with this approach is that it's actually not possible to break the doom loop.

Definition doom loop in American English