Inflation
inflation - an increase in the overall level of prices in a country, an increase in the average price of goods
spiralling inflation
inflation spiralling out of control
rampant inflation
rising inflation
a drop in inflation
a rise in inflation
the rate of inflation is falling rapidly
soaring inflation
skyrocketing inflation
suffer from inflation
wages are not keeping pace with inflation
savings eroded by inflation
inflation targeting monetary policy
consumer-price inflation
a rent guarantee that is linked to inflation
fares have been rising at around 1 per cent over inflation
high impact of the falling pound on inflation
hyperinflation
flight to gold and dollars with hyperinflation
a respectable reason for high interest rates is the control of inflation
devaluations in the currency fuelled inflation rises
stimulate imports and thus force down prices and inflation
high inflation
double-digit inflation
low inflation
inflation down to its lowest level this decade
zero inflation
moderate inflation
inflation stands at an all time high
inflation forecasts
unofficial forecasts of inflation
forecasts for inflation this month alone now range between 25 and 60 per cent
inflation under control
bring inflation under control
reduce inflation
keep inflation in check
curb inflation
fight inflation
inflation figures
inflation figures due out on Friday
inflation rate
inflation target
historically high rates of inflation
the cause of inflation
the amount after allowing for inflation
inflation rate beyond the margin of tolerance
inflation, at 2,000 per cent last year (hyperinflation), means that prices are outside the reach of many
the rising unemployment of the recession has been the price we had to pay to get inflation down
the economy is about to start growing again at a time when inflation, earnings growth and interest rates are all low and falling
persuaded to swallow the bitter pill of demand deflation and abnormally high unemployment rates in exchange for the boon of a sustained fall in the rate of inflation
relationship between unemployment and the rate of price inflation
government was still trying to control prices with a promise that inflation would be kept to 285 per month
quite marked increases in unemployment occurred
prices in this industry have increased way beyond the rate of inflation
a policy of reducing the inflation rate
the battle against inflation
put the battle against inflation at the head of their priorities for dealing with the recession
trigger inflation and threaten the currency's stability
likely that inflation would exceed the planned 10 per cent for 1992
reduce inflation and revitalize the economy through the stimulus of competition
Example sentences:
* Prices in this industry have increased way beyond the rate of inflation and the Government's legislation to check monopolies is a complete fiasco.
* Is the Minister aware that a respectable reason for high interest rates is the control of inflation?
* There are fewer shortages and queues are rare but inflation, at 2,000 per cent last year, means that prices are outside the reach of many.
* The City remains worried about the impact of the falling pound on inflation once higher costs work through to the shops later this year.
* Capitalism suffers from inflation, instability, pollution and injustice because of inadequate limits on the exercise of freedom.
* The strength of the stock market has been built entirely on the belief that the economy is about to start growing again at a time when inflation, earnings growth and interest rates are all low and falling, creating ideal conditions for a period of non-inflationary growth.
* He told the MPs that the rising unemployment of the recession has been the price we had to pay to get inflation down.
* Brazilian monthly inflation has topped 36 per cent and the flight into gold and dollars has produced dramatic leaps in black-market rates.
* Unofficial forecasts for inflation this month alone now range between 25 and 60 per cent, and companies will be free to set whatever prices they like from now on.
* The most widely held reason for the decline in Keynesianism was its supposed inability to explain the historically high rates of inflation which occurred in Europe and North America from the late 1960s onwards.
* Rail fares have been rising at around 1 per cent over inflation in recent years and the new corporate plan also warns that BR has 12 months to assess whether passengers would pay even more for a better service.
* The fuel allowance is higher than it has ever been after allowing for inflation.
* Inflation figures due out on Friday should show inflation down slightly from 3.6 per cent in September, leaving Mr Lamont room for a substantial cut.
* There does appear to be some degree of relationship between unemployment and the rate of price inflation.
* It is equally convincing that although the level of unemployment may have an effect on price inflation, there may well be other factors of greater short-term impact, for example, the incorporation of previous price increases into current wage bargaining, regardless of the level of unemployment.
* By 1989, in the so-called Summer plan, the Sarney government was still trying to control prices with a promise that inflation would be kept to 28 per cent/month.
* Inflation increased, balance of payments crises forced the application of strong restraints to public expenditure and private incomes on a number of occasions, and, at the depressed point of the cycle, quite marked increases in unemployment occurred.
* We have the benefit of a Conservative Government who will put the battle against inflation at the head of their priorities for dealing with the recession.
* Transport workers staged strikes on Jan. 15 and 26, 1990, for increased wages to compensate for monthly devaluations in the peso, which had fuelled inflation rises.
* The federal government on Jan. 8 accused Serbia of having critically undermined the federal monetary system and of jeopardizing economic reforms because the illegal issue would trigger inflation and threaten the dinar's stability.
* In an attempt to stimulate imports and thus force down prices and inflation, the government announced measures on Feb. 6 to liberalize access to Brazil's heavily protected domestic market.
* Due to an anticipated 50 per cent fall in natural gas sales to Argentina, however, fuel prices would rise 43 per cent, making it likely that inflation would exceed the planned 10 per cent for 1992.
* The forecast for the first relevant future RPI is determined from where RPI o = latest available RPI, = forecast of annual inflation rate, m = number of months between RPI o and RPI 1 .
* He backed it not just because he was convinced by Rueff and his advisers that it would reduce inflation and revitalize the economy through the stimulus of competition, but because he was attracted by its theatrical elements, the symbolism of a new franc to mark a new political order, the grand gesture of carrying out commitments to Europe that the Fourth Republic had given up hopes of honouring, the rhetoric of a coherent plan of renovation as opposed to a collection of policies.
* Many governments, most prominent among which was the former Conservative government of Mrs Margaret Thatcher, accepted the logic of the above argument and were thereby persuaded to swallow the bitter pill of demand deflation and abnormally high unemployment rates in exchange for the boon of a sustained fall in the rate of inflation.
* A guarantee that all rents raised in West Lothian will be spent in West Lothian and a rent guarantee that is linked to inflation.
* A Bundesbank council member, Reimut Jochimsen, speaking in Dusseldorf yesterday, emphasised that the current German inflation rate of 4.2 per cent was beyond the margin of tolerance allowed either by the Maastricht treaty or the Bundesbank's own remit.
* Germany, admittedly, hasn't got quite the same high rate of inflation, but France has an inflation problem, France has an unemployment problem.
