inflationnoun [ U ]
uk/ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/us/ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/B2 a general, continuous increase in prices:
high/low inflation
the rate of inflation
13 percent inflation
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- The control of inflation is a key component of the government's economic policy.
- There has been an alarming rise in the rate of inflation.
- Unemployment, inflation and greater inequality are often the downside of a market economy.
- Managing the economy is a complex equation of controlling inflation and reducing unemployment.
- The government's overriding concern is to reduce inflation.
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Price increases
- added value
- appreciation
- bounce
- dead cat bounce
- hyperinflation
- inflationary
- jack
- jump
- markup
- put sth up
- rack sth up
- rebound
- rise
- rocket
- run
- run sth up
- soar
- spiral
- surcharge
- zoom
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