cost-price inflation

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• Cost push inflation — is a type of inflation caused by substantial increases in the cost of important goods or services where no suitable alternative is available. A situation that has been often cited of this was the oil crisis of the 1970s, which some economists see …   Wikipedia

• Cost-push inflation — Aggregate supply – aggregate demand model illustration of aggregate supply (AS) shifting to AS and causing price level to increase while output shrinks Cost push inflation is a type of inflation caused by substantial increases in the cost of… …   Wikipedia

• Cost-Push Inflation — A phenomenon in which the general price levels rise (inflation) due to increases in the cost of wages and raw materials. Cost push inflation develops because the higher costs of production factors decreases in aggregate supply (the amount of… …   Investment dictionary

• Price Inflation — An increase in the price of a standardized good/service or a basket of goods/services over a specific period of time (usually one year). Because the nominal amount of money available in an economy tends to grow larger every year relative to the… …   Investment dictionary

• cost-push inflation — An increase in the prices of goods or services caused by increases in the cost of inputs (especially wages and raw materials). As an explanation of inflation, cost push theories became popular in the 1970s when they appeared to explain the rapid… …   Big dictionary of business and management

• cost inflation — ➔ inflation * * * cost inflation UK US noun [U] (also cost push inflation) ► ECONOMICS the increase in the price of products or services as a result of raw materials and wages costing more: »Competition for resources has led to massive cost… …   Financial and business terms

• cost push — noun (economics) Inflation due to rising production costs (also cost push inflation) • • • Main Entry: ↑cost * * * cost push, Economics. an inflationary upsurge due to a sharp increase in production costs: »Price rises result from the cost push… …   Useful english dictionary

• Inflation — This article is about a rise in the general price level. For the expansion of the early universe, see Inflation (cosmology). For other uses, see Inflation (disambiguation). Inflation rates around the world in 2007 …   Wikipedia

• price — A fixed value of something. Prices are usually expressed in monetary terms. In a free market, prices are set as a result of the interaction of supply and demand in a market; when demand for a product increases and supply remains constant, the… …   Financial and business terms

• Inflation — The rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * inflation in‧fla‧tion [ɪnˈfleɪʆn] noun [uncountable] ECONOMICS a continuing increase in the prices of goods and services …   Financial and business terms

• inflation — The creation of money by monetary authorities. In more popular usage, the creation of money that visibly raises goods prices and lowers the purchasing power of money. It may be creeping, trotting, or galloping, depending on the rate of money… …   Financial and business terms