Definition of inflationary spiral
: a continuous rise in prices that is sustained by the tendency of wage increases and cost increases to react on each other
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One of the big ones is the possibility of setting off a further inflationary spiral.
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By Jason Overdorf Even as India's government pours $5 billion into a scheme to ease rural unemployment, its plan may be contributing to an inflationary spiral that's making the cost of living more burdensome for the country's poor.
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The union victory in the famous GE strike during the Nixon administration won salary increases for workers but contributed to an inflationary spiral.
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The government printed even more money in the run up to the constituent assembly vote last Sunday, adding to the inflationary spiral, said Francisco Rodriguez, a prominent Venezuelan economist at Torino Capital in New York.
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First Known Use of inflationary spiral
1931
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