inflationary

[in-fley-shuh-ner-ee]

adjective

1. of, pertaining to, reflective of, or causing inflation.

   inflationary prices.

Other Word Forms

• anti-inflationary adjective
• counterinflationary adjective
• noninflationary adjective
• overinflationary adjective
• postinflationary adjective
• preinflationary adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of inflationary¹

First recorded in 1915–20; inflation + -ary

Example Sentences

"What I would want to avoid is rekindling inflationary pressure by moving too quickly and squandering the significant progress we have made taming inflation," he said.

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Commodities were already inflationary, and tariffs are exacerbating this.

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Main Street business owners were less optimistic last month, as enduring inflationary pressures and labor shortages add to growing uncertainty about the economy.

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The MAS uses currency as a policy tool to damp inflationary expectations and support growth as trade flows dwarf the island nation’s domestic activity.

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The analysts reason that geopolitical concerns—the erosion of Federal Reserve independence, for instance, or the inflationary effect of tariffs—will keep driving investors to precious metals.

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