Rule reminder

Advanced economic Italian requires distinguishing closely related terms: 'la crescita' vs 'lo sviluppo' (growth vs development — quantitative vs qualitative); 'l'inflazione' vs 'la deflazione' vs 'la stagflazione' (rising prices vs falling prices vs high inflation + low growth); 'la recessione' vs 'la depressione' (two quarters of negative growth vs a prolonged severe downturn); 'la domanda' vs 'l'offerta' (demand vs supply). Italian economic discourse often uses these precisely.