market economy
noun
: an economy in which most goods and services are produced and distributed through free markets
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If that is the case, the economic effect will be to draw capital out of emerging market economies, enfeebling them (and their currencies and bond markets).
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The International Monetary Fund has a central role leading the international effort to support Ukrainian reform, lessening Ukraine’s economic vulnerabilities, and better integrating the country as a market economy in the multilateral system.
—Miriam Sapiro, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
Global refinery runs will rise by 670,000 bpd, to 83.6 million bpd, in 2025; and by a further 470,000 bpd, to 84 million bpd, in 2026, driven by better-than-expected data for market economies grouped in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and China, the agency said.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Not surprisingly, the leading candidates in the polls are those offering a drastic shift toward a market economy and closer ties with the United States.
—Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The International Monetary Fund has a central role leading the international effort to support Ukrainian reform, lessening Ukraine’s economic vulnerabilities, and better integrating the country as a market economy in the multilateral system.
—Miriam Sapiro, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
Global refinery runs will rise by 670,000 bpd, to 83.6 million bpd, in 2025; and by a further 470,000 bpd, to 84 million bpd, in 2026, driven by better-than-expected data for market economies grouped in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and China, the agency said.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Not surprisingly, the leading candidates in the polls are those offering a drastic shift toward a market economy and closer ties with the United States.
—Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Market economy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20economy. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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