inflationary

Adjective

Meaning

associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation

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Examples

One can always find inflationary models to explain whatever phenomenon is represented by the flavour of the month. Joseph Silk

I can spare a dime, brother, but in these morally inflationary times, a dime goes a lot farther if it's demanding work rather than adding to the indignity of relief. Phil Ochs

A majority of Indians considered him an embodiment of obscurantism and obstinacy who espoused antediluvian, regressive and protectionist fiscal measures which sparked off an inflationary spiral in the Sixties. Morarji Desai

More generally, the individual who gets added income as a result of a general inflationary movement atributes it not to larger economic causes but to his own virtue and diligence. John Kenneth Galbraith

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard. Will Durant

I might say that when the settlement was made the Nixon administration issued what they called a second inflation alert in which the General Motors settlement was branded as being inflationary and bad for the country. Leonard Woodcock

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