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demand-pull inflation

American  
[dih-mand-pool, -mahnd-] / dɪˈmændˌpʊl, -ˈmɑnd- /

noun

  1. inflation in which rising demand results in a rise in prices.


demand-pull inflation British  

noun

  1. See inflation

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The result: a burst of demand-pull inflation and a spate of shortages that forced President Nixon to clamp on another wage-price freeze and institute Phase IV.

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Demand started to gallop far ahead of the nation's supply of skilled labor and its capacity to produce, setting the stage for a classic "demand-pull" inflation.

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Indeed there are worrisome signs that the economy is heading into an old-fashioned demand-pull inflation, in which too many dollars chase too few goods.

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In the 1960s, it was thought that the economy could grow 4% each year without setting off a burst of demand-pull inflation.

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She is also known to cause rapid GDP growth and demand-pull inflation.

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