Words similar to contagion

Example sentences for: contagion

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The paper observes that the torrid pace of growth has confounded prognosticators, who had widely expected that contagion from the international economic crisis would slow the U.S. expansion.
All of this illustrates the basic economic problem in the world today, made only worse by the information revolution, what the IMF's Michel Camdessus calls in the WP "contagion"--transnational forces of panic that lie beyond the tools of policy makers.
But the main reason for "contagion" from Russia to Brazil was psychological: Seeing Russia default on its debt raised fears that Brazil, which also has large budget deficits, might be risky too.
) Yesterday's testimony was epic Chauncey Gardiner, featuring talk of "rain drops," "storm clouds," and "contagion."
He contracted tuberculosis at about age 4 and for several years lived alone in a little prefabricated house in the backyard, so the rest of the family would be protected from contagion.