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UK
/ɪnflˈeɪʃənəɹi/
]
[ US /ˌɪnˈfɫeɪʃəˌnɛɹi/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈfɫeɪʃəˌnɛɹi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation
inflationary prices
How To Use inflationary In A Sentence
- It is therefore essential that they properly monitor the growth of broad money together with the build-up of wider inflationary risks. Times, Sunday Times
- She noted diminished inflationary pressures and risks from the international outlook. Times, Sunday Times
- The Hill's liberals will count it a successful session if they can scratch up a billion or so out of the defense budget, add in the money freed up if, as expected, Carter's counter-inflationary "real-wage insurance" plan is defeated, and then spread the dividends among the hardest-hit programs. The Politics of Austerity
- We face continued disinflationary forces. Times, Sunday Times
- Only the pound is down, giving us a perfect competitiveness boost without significant inflationary risk. Times, Sunday Times
- In others there is a recurring temptation to rule by arbitrary edict, inflationary financing, confiscatory policies and big government. Times, Sunday Times
- Our international competitiveness also depends on maintaining an effective counter-inflationary stance. ANC Daily News Briefing
- That requires changing the inflationary expectations of consumers and businesses. Times, Sunday Times
- All it takes is a whoosh of inflationary breeze and the buck is off!
- In an economy in which the overall macro variable of real income is fixed or cyclical but individual shares are stochastic, a noninflationary equilibrium exists.