inflation rate
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3.7
- noun
- /ɪnˈfleɪʃən reɪt/
- Specialized
:
tasa de inflación
- Over the last year, the inflation rate has increased by 3 percent, affecting many households.
- the annual inflation rate
- the average inflation rate
- a high inflation rate
So the real question is how long will it take for these interest rate increases to lower the inflation rate?
- So the real question is how long will it take for these interest rate increases to lower the inflation rate?
- But there was another reason too, that they were able to keep the inflation rate low is we outsourced all of our production to China.
- Analysts say the true inflation rates may be double that.
- But we'll go back to and talked about that inflation rate going up slightly last month.
- And then he could potentially, in the craziest irony, come back when the inflation rate is back down.
- And this includes things like security of property rights, you know, tax rates, regulations, inflation rates, all these sorts of things.
- With that level of of wages, one of them would be dependent on time with the interest rate or with the inflation rate.
- So it's known as the non accelerating inflation rate of unemployment.
Examples
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We have to find a way to hold down the inflation rate and reduce the deficit.
Fiction book (2000) -
The study has been conducted in US dollars with the general inflation rate at 5% per year.
Academic text (1992) -
So if the inflation rate were to drop, then the the interest would drop.
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Because the interest rates have come down and inflation rate has come down.
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No calendar year will have an inflation rate below -2% or above 5%.
Blog text (23) -
Compare that to the average 12% annual inflation rate during the previous 40 years.
Blog text (4) -
Currently, most economists project an inflation rate of 2.5-3.5% for the remainder of the decade.
Academic text (1994) -
Economic development will depend on exchange rate maintenance, stabilized inflation rates, open trade policies, and sound fiscal policies.
Academic text (1990) -
Consequently, the inflation rate accelerated and had a devastating impact on average and low-wage earners.
Academic text (1995) -
Apgar (1990) noted that contract rents increased 16.6 percent faster than the inflation rate during the 1980s.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
11
4.0
The percentage by which prices for goods and services rise over time
Antonyms
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'percentage increase in the general level of prices' is directly and compositionally derived from 'inflation' (ongoing rise in prices) plus 'rate' (a measured amount per unit), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE meaning. This noun‑noun construction is a standard, cross‑linguistic fiscal collocation (e.g. Spanish 'tasa de inflación', French 'taux d'inflation'), supporting clear transparency.
Etymology
Inflation rate comes from the picture of a balloon being blown up: inflation is like prices being filled with air and getting bigger, and rate shows how fast or how much they grow. So, the phrase means the speed or percentage that prices 'rise' in an economy.