Business
inflation
noun
Definition
A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
In a sentence
“Central banks raised interest rates in response to rising inflation across the economy.”
Synonyms
price risecost increase
Common collocations
- control inflation
- inflation rate
- high inflation
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