Phrase Hound found 17 phrases and 47 compound words that contain inflation. The most common are listed below. Open inflation in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 17
- Inflation rate
- core inflationInflation excluding the increase or decrease of prices in some transitory sectors (usually food and energy).
- grade inflationA gradual upward trend in grades awarded to students during the decades since the mid-20th century, reported in a number of countries and at a number of levels of schooling and sometimes offered as evidence of a decline in academic …
- lifestyle inflationSynonym of lifestyle creep: The phenomenon whereby, as more resources are spent on one's standard of living, former luxuries come to be perceived as necessities.
- size inflationSynonym of vanity sizing: The phenomenon of ready-to-wear clothing of the same nominal size becoming bigger in physical size over time, to flatter the wearer by making them believe they are thinner than they are.
- cost-push inflationInflation caused by substantial increases in the cost of goods or services where no suitable alternative is available.
- demand-pull inflationInflation arising when aggregate demand in an economy outpaces aggregate supply. It involves inflation rising as real gross domestic product rises and unemployment falls, as the economy moves along the Phillips curve.
- credential inflationThe phenomenon of academic credentials, particularly university degrees, dwindling in value and recognition on the job market due to easy availability and oversupply.
- headline inflationA measure of the total inflation within an economy, including commercial products such as food and energy prices (e.g. oil and gas), which are often prone to fluctuations and inflationary spikes.
- taxonomic inflationAn increase in the number of species that is not caused by new discoveries, but by changes in the classification of existing organisms.
- anti-inflationThat counteracts inflation.
- bottleneck inflationA type of inflation in which the supply falls drastically while demand remains constant.
- counter-inflationSynonym of anti-inflationary: Intended to counteract or reverse inflation or its effects.
- inflation-proofAlternative form of inflationproof: Resistant to the effects of inflation.
- bottle neck inflationAlternative form of bottleneck inflation: A type of inflation in which the supply falls drastically while demand remains constant.
- wage-push inflationThe situation where rising wages lead to an increase in the cost of goods.
- white inflation theoryA theory contending that white inflationary pressure pushes quasi-white ethnicities into being considered white, operating to maintain the contrast value of whiteness as property.
Compound words 47
- hyperinflationExcessive inflation.
- stagflationProlonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth, often with recession and high unemployment.
- shrinkflationThe practice of making products smaller while continuing to market them at the same price.
- cheapflationThe practice of decreasing the main ingredient of a product or replacing it altogether with a less costly one but continuing to market it at the same price and size.
- greedflationPrice gouging by corporations during an inflationary period, especially when the underlying cost of production has not risen accordingly; price increases ostensibly inflated solely by underlying fundamental factors but really in excess of …
- skimpflationThe practice of reducing the quality of products while continuing to market them at the same price.
- excuseflationThe raising of the price of a good or service in the wake of an economic, political, or other social change that serves as a justification for the rise.
- tipflationThe phenomenon of tipping becoming both increasingly widespread and expensive (in terms of an acceptable percentage) in society.
- halalflationAn increase in the prices of street food in New York City, especially halal cart food.
- sagflationA period of economic stagnation combined with inflation, which is distinct from more severe stagflation because growth is slowing rather than declining.