market economy
noun
: an economy in which most goods and services are produced and distributed through free markets
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Emerging market economies saw some buoyancy likely because trade was bolstered by a front-loading of orders by American companies.
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
Times were tough, and her family was struggling to make ends meet under the new market economy.
—Annie Daly, Vogue, 20 Aug. 2025
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).
—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
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
Times were tough, and her family was struggling to make ends meet under the new market economy.
—Annie Daly, Vogue, 20 Aug. 2025
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).
—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
See All Example Sentences for market economy
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“Market economy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20economy. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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