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INFLATIONARY SPIRAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inflationary spiral mean?
• INFLATIONARY SPIRAL (noun)
The noun INFLATIONARY SPIRAL has 1 sense:
1. an episode of inflation in which prices and wages increase at an increasing rate and currency rapidly loses value
Familiarity information: INFLATIONARY SPIRAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An episode of inflation in which prices and wages increase at an increasing rate and currency rapidly loses value
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("inflationary spiral" is a kind of...):
spiral (a continuously accelerating change in the economy)
Antonym:
deflationary spiral (an episode of deflation in which prices and wages decrease at an increasing rate and currency gains in value)
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