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inflation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rising prices |
| Type of | economic process |
| Has types | stagflation, cost-pull inflation, demand-pull inflation, reflation |
| Derivation | inflate, inflationary |
in inflation everything gets more valuable except money.
inflation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness |
| Type of | inelegance |
inflation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | detonation, blowup, explosion |
inflation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | expansion, enlargement |
| Derivation | inflate |
Examples of inflation
inflation
In effect, workers will pay medical inflation costs if they exceed expectations.
From the thenewstribune.com
Even so, the government is unlikely to take steps to rein in inflation, he said.
From the bloomberg.com
That makes the Fed more likely to raise interest rates to keep inflation at bay.
From the usatoday.com
Accelerating European inflation helped drive the euro higher against the dollar.
From the bloomberg.com
Core inflation was restrained by new-car prices that were unchanged in December.
From the bloomberg.com
How concerned are you about the risks of inflation taking hold in the euro zone?
From the online.wsj.com
Chinese officials have signaled they will continue to tighten to tame inflation.
From the online.wsj.com
If inflation is negative, as it was in 2009 and 2010, payments remain unchanged.
From the timesunion.com
Labor contracts typically provided cost-of-living adjustments tied to inflation.
From the freep.com
- A general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money"
- (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
- Ostentation: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- The act of filling something with air
- (inflationary) associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation; "inflationary prices"
- In economics, inflation is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. ...
- Asset price inflation is an economic phenomenon denoting a rise in price of assets, as opposed to ordinary goods and services. Typical assets are financial instruments such as bonds, shares, and their derivatives, as well as real estate and other capital goods.
- In physical cosmology, cosmic inflation, cosmological inflation or just inflation is the theorized extremely rapid exponential expansion of the early universe by a factor of at least 1078 in volume, driven by a negative-pressure vacuum energy density. ...
- Monetary inflation is a sustained increase in the money supply of a country. It usually results in price inflation, which is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services . ...
