cost inflation
noun[U]
ukus(alsocost-push inflation)ECONOMICS
theincreasein thepriceofproductsorservicesas aresultofrawmaterialsandwagescostingmore:
Competition forresourceshasledtomassivecostinflation.
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demand inflation
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This should reduce the contractors exposure to value erosion throughcostinflation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thecostinflationof schemes conspired with fluctuation of the property market and its subsequent collapse in the early 1970s left many plans incomplete.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This shortage can become even more acute as health insurance expands, leading to even more unmet needs and greatercostinflation, unless corrective action is taken now.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.European healthcare systems will presumably have to find alternative responses to suchcostinflation.
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It might also lead tocostinflation, particularly in comparison to global budgeting arrangements.
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The key question is, therefore, why this dynamism should translate intocostinflationrather than cost reduction.
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Beginning in 1994, hospitalcostinflationfell for four consecutive years and bottomed out in 1997 at less than 2%.
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Economists seem to differ greatly as to whether we are suffering from what they call acostinflationor a demand inflation.
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It is merely an answer to the point about the wagecostinflation.
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Costinflationwas a burden on farmers as on other sections of the community.
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