inflationary spiral
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That began to change in 1950, when the process of paying for war expenses had triggered an inflationary spiral.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025
"The Reserve Bank finds itself facing the real risk of an inflationary spiral," said Michael Gordon, acting chief economist at Westpac NZ.
From Reuters • Nov. 22, 2022
If such expectations took hold, the economy would risk entering a 1970s-style inflationary spiral, in which consumers buy more now in anticipation of higher prices later, fueling those very price rises.
From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2022
A survey of households released on Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed a sharp decline in consumers’ inflation expectations, supporting the view that an inflationary spiral is not taking hold.
From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2022
Today, the inflationary spiral which had raised the cost of living by 36 percent between 1946 and 1952 has all but ceased and the value of the dollar virtually stabilized.
From State of the Union Address by Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
