NOUN
- an episode of inflation in which prices and wages increase at an increasing rate and currency rapidly loses value
How To Use inflationary spiral In A Sentence
- There will be a bout of anger and moralising, then football will continue with its inflationary spiral. Times, Sunday Times
- Our economy is in an inflationary spiral of wage and price increases .
- Economists in Paris warned of a dangerous inflationary spiral unless emergency corrective action was taken.
- It is no less important to ensure that costlier fuel does not give rise to an excessive inflationary spiral as regards the prices of other goods and services.
- The central bank's rhetoric in the policy statement remains hawkish, recognizing that the economy is growing above trend, that upside risks on the 2011 inflation outlook remain under higher oil prices, and that rising inflation expectations may impact on future wages and trigger domestic demand-pull driven inflationary spiral," said Vincent Tsui, an economist at HSBC. Malaysia, Philippines Raise Rates on Inflation Worries
- The prospect of the CPA injecting $18 billion into the still weak Iraqi economy all of a sudden could spark an inflationary spiral.
- The inflationary spiral when it comes to commemorations can take on a life of its own. Times, Sunday Times
- We are caught in an out-of-control inflationary spiral and we have only ourselves to blame. Times, Sunday Times
- A new round of wage increases could trigger an inflationary spiral .
- A new round of wage increases could trigger an inflationary spiral .