cost-push inflation
noun
inflation in which prices increase as a result of increased production costs, as labor and parts, even when demand remains the same.
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Also called cost-push .
Compare demand-pull inflation.
Origin of cost-push inflation
First recorded in 1965–70
Words nearby cost-push inflation
cost overrun, costovertebral, costoxiphoid, cost-plus, cost-push, cost-push inflation, costrel, cost rent, cost-share, cost sheet, costume
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