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cost-push inflation
cost-push inflation
noun
inflation in
which
prices increase as a result of increased production costs, as labor and parts, even when demand remains the same.
Also called
cost-push.
Compare
demand-pull inflation
.
Origin:
1965–70
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cost-push inflation
—
n
See
inflation
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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