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INFLATIONARY SPIRAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inflationary spiral mean? 

INFLATIONARY SPIRAL (noun)
  The noun INFLATIONARY SPIRAL has 1 sense:

1. an episode of inflation in which prices and wages increase at an increasing rate and currency rapidly loses valueplay

  Familiarity information: INFLATIONARY SPIRAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INFLATIONARY SPIRAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An episode of inflation in which prices and wages increase at an increasing rate and currency rapidly loses value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("inflationary spiral" is a kind of...):

spiral (a continuously accelerating change in the economy)

Antonym:

deflationary spiral (an episode of deflation in which prices and wages decrease at an increasing rate and currency gains in value)


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