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inflationary

inflationary

20 6.3
A policy or action that makes most prices rise
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈfleɪʃənɛri/
translation icon : inflacionario
  • Rising wages without corresponding productivity can create an inflationary environment.
  • inflationary pressures
  • inflationary expectations
  • inflationary spiral

No, this inflationary crisis was a supply crisis.

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Examples

  • The economy is fragile, and suppressed inflationary pressures could explode rapidly.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The resulting wealth effects on aggregate demand have clearly generated potential inflationary pressure.

    Academic text (1990)
  • So right now, we are in a very inflationary environment.

  • - We live in inflationary times.

  • It gives us hope that this inflationary process may come down a little faster.

  • In recent months, many of Trump's core policies lean in an inflationary direction.

  • If the housing market calms down, it would ease some inflationary fears.

  • First, price increases would further aggravate the inflationary pressures that the government was seeking to control.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The country is blessed with a bumper crop, and inflationary pressures are being beaten back.

    Academic text (2017)
  • They expect that there will be an inflationary impact from Donald Trump's tariffs.

Antonyms

deflationary
  • Specialized
7 7.3

Causing prices to fall and money to buy more

Compounds

Prices and wages rise quickly and keep rising so money buys less

How Inflationary

hyperinflationary
  • Specialized
1 8.3
inflationary
20 6.3
deflationary
  • Specialized
7 7.3

Surface Forms

inflationary positive

Morphology

inflationary = inflation (transparent) = inflate + ion + ary

The suffix '-ary' is transparently added to 'inflation' to form an adjective relating to inflation.

Etymology

Inflationary comes from the verb inflate, which is built from the parts in- 'into' and flare 'to blow', giving the basic idea of 'blowing up'. So something inflationary tends to make prices 'blow up' or rise, like blowing air into a balloon makes it bigger.