ADJ
- booming, buoyant, dynamic, healthy, sound, stable, strong
- ailing, depressed, flagging, fragile, stagnant, weak
- The government devalued the currency to try to revive the flagging economy
- advanced, developed, modern
- agrarian, agricultural, capitalist, industrial, liberal, market, mixed, monetary, planned, rural, service-based, socialist
- a modern industrial economy
- domestic, global, internal, international, local, national, world
- the increasingly competitive global economy
- black, informal, underground
- The black economy booms when there is high unemployment
VERB + ECONOMY
- build, rebuild
- Each party has its own strategy for building a strong economy
- control, handle, manage, manipulate, operate, regulate, run
- The government was accused of failing to run the economy competently
- boost, develop, expand, help, improve, kick-start, reinvigorate, rescue, revive, stabilize, stimulate, strengthen
- liberalize
- damage, harm, weaken, wreck
ECONOMY + VERB
- develop, expand, flourish, grow
- be in/go into recession, collapse, contract, fail, slow, stagnate
- pick up, recover, stabilize
PHRASES
- an area/a sector of the economy
- Transport workers are employed in all sectors of the economy
- the backbone/mainstay of the economy
- Agriculture was the backbone of the economy
- growth in/of the economy
- A small manufacturing sector inhibits growth in the economy
- control/handling/ management of the economy
- 37% approved the president's handling of the economy
- the size of the economy, the state of the economy
- The government has been criticized over the state of the economy
ADJ
- important, major, significant
- false
- Buying cheap shoes is a false economy
VERB + ECONOMY
- achieve, make
- We could achieve major economies in time with this new machinery
ECONOMY + NOUN
- drive
- Savings are being planned as part of a huge economy drive
PREP
- ~ in
- possible economies in telephone costs
PHRASES
- economy of effort/movement
- It was impressive to see her economy of movement as she worked the machine
- economy of scale
- Large firms can benefit from economies of scale