surname, attested from late 12c., probably meaning bald head; cf. Wyclif Stye up, ballard, where Coverdale translates Come vp here thou balde heade [2 Kg.2:23-24, where God kills 42 children for making fun of Elijah's lack of hair.]
A slump is a form of mass wasting that occurs when a coherent mass of loosely consolidated materials or rock layers moves a short distance down a slope. Movement is characterized by sliding along a concave-upward or planar surface. Comments.
During recoveries, when the economy nears the peak of the business cycle, the rate of inflation increases. The inflation cycle does not perfectly match the business cycle. While inflation generally declines during contractions, the decline does not stop when the trough is reached and recovery begins.