inflationary spiral

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noun Economics.

See under spiral (def. 7).

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Origin of inflationary spiral

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby inflationary spiral

inflate, inflated, inflation, inflationary, inflationary gap, inflationary spiral, inflationary universe, inflationism, inflationist, inflation theory, inflect

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How to use inflationary spiral in a sentence

The now-convicted felons will hear their sentences in January, but their story continues to spiral downward.
2014 Was a Delectably Good Year for Sleaze|Patricia Murphy|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This downward spiral involving local power politics was obvious to the Americans in the valley.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Without those subsidies, the worst-case scenario has Obamacare entering a fiscal death spiral.
A Reminder: Our Justices are Politicians in Robes|Jedediah Purdy|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To his fellow survivors and to the audience, this delusion indicates another slip on a downward spiral.
The Walking Dead’s Luke Skywalker: Rick Grimes Is the Perfect Modern-Day Mythical Hero|Regina Lizik|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In 2008, it was looking at a death spiral: cut credit ratings, claims on the policies, and collateral calls.
Remember the $182 Billion AIG Bailout? It Just Wasn’t Generous Enough|Daniel Gross|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The organism is an actively motile spiral thread, about four times the diameter of a red corpuscle in length.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
See that silver spiral going out from Venus and around the table to the orbit of Saturn?
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
Spirochte pallida is an extremely slender, spiral, motile thread, with pointed ends.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Upon ulcerated surfaces it is often mingled with other spiral micro-organisms, which adds to the difficulty of its detection.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The palpi of the male are in this species each provided with a spiral screw resembling the tendril of a vine.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King

British Dictionary definitions for inflationary spiral

inflationary spiral

noun

the situation in which price and income increases may each induce further rises in the other

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inflationary spiral

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