: an increase or upward trend in production costs (such as wages) that tends to result in increased consumer prices irrespective of the level of demand compare demand-pull
cost-push adjective

Examples of cost-push in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In the ice cream shop scenario, cost-push inflation would happen if the cost of ingredients like milk and sugar increases, and the ice cream shop owner has to raise prices in order to continue making a profit. Erica Jackson Curran, Parents, 28 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cost-push was in 1951

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“Cost-push.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cost-push. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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