cost-push
noun
: 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
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Tourism management Goto also said that gradual strength in the yen could slow cost-push inflation and would improve real wages among domestic residents.
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
And second, the core services ex-shelter inflation measure is often used to gauge something called cost-push inflation, which is driven by wage or wealth increases, and can signal rising prices have become entrenched in the economy.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 23 May 2024
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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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
And second, the core services ex-shelter inflation measure is often used to gauge something called cost-push inflation, which is driven by wage or wealth increases, and can signal rising prices have become entrenched in the economy.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 23 May 2024
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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“Cost-push.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cost-push. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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