How to Use inflationary in a Sentence

inflationary

adjective

• He blames the bad economy on the government's inflationary policies.
• That was true in the inflationary era around the 1970s.
  — Lakshman Achuthan, CNN, 13 Jan. 2023
• Eggs and housing costs have been some of the inflationary hot buttons around the nation for the past year or so.
  — Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
• The higher Premier League clubs push prices, the greater the inflationary risk for everyone else.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2023
• During the inflationary age, CEOs are cutting costs in most places (if not always in their own salaries).
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 9 June 2023
• In the past five years, the cost of goods from Vietnam has increased about 10% and from Mexico about 3%, adding to inflationary pressures.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
• And when the Pell Grant fails to keep up with inflationary costs, that’s often going to be felt by the neediest students.
  — Jon Marcus and Fazil Khan, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
• And at times, the labor market can be a stubborn source of inflationary pressure — like right now.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 26 June 2023
• During the inflationary plague of the 1970s, inflation popped back up after periods of the Fed letting its foot off the gas.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 14 Jan. 2024
• The tight labor market has been a source of inflationary pressure due to the role that labor costs play in pushing up consumer prices.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 28 July 2023
• The Fed wants to cool hiring and wage increases, which can drive up inflationary pressures.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 31 Jan. 2023
• Nearly two out of every three adults in the U.S. are just scraping by, due to inflationary pressures, according to a new study.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
• The district last year had implemented a 3% pay bump for each year that teachers stay in the district, which comes on top of any across-the-board inflationary increase.
  — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2023
• Kashkari’s encounter with the Cooler Screens was the sort of thing that could unnerve a central banker worried about an inflationary mind-set taking root.
  — Michael Steinberger, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2023
• The mismatch has pushed wages — the largest cost for service providers — up at an inflationary pace as businesses try to attract workers.
  — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2023
• But along with building more of them this year, GM is also raising the price on both by hundreds of dollars due to inflationary pressures.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 4 Jan. 2023
• Fast-forward to 2023, and the U.S. housing market is once again amid a housing downturn as the Fed works to tame another inflationary run.
  — Lance Lambert, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2023
• But the ill effects of nearly two years of inflationary pressures persist.
  — Jay Caruso, Washington Examiner, 4 Jan. 2024
• But the details of the new report make clear that underlying inflationary pressures are still strong.
  — Joseph Lawler, Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2023
• So reject the Phillips Curve and oppose inflationary policies.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 21 Jan. 2024
• The flotation of the Egyptian pound, combined with a sharp raise of the main interest rate, is meant to combat inflationary waves and attract foreign investment.
  — Samy Magdy, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2024
• The right travel credit card could just be your saving grace in a high-inflationary environment.
  — Bankrate.org, oregonlive, 12 Dec. 2022
• Amid inflationary pressure and rising prices in the U.S., high-income consumers have been shopping at Walmart.
  — Bysheryl Estrada, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2023
• But the world should also look at China’s reopening with apprehension, the head of the world’s largest wealth funds warned, as the country’s sudden return could spark a new inflationary push abroad.
  — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2023
• Yes, more needs to be done in terms of addressing affordability and the inflationary pressures, and President Biden has a vision to do that.
  — ABC News, 4 Feb. 2024
• Those higher prices play a major factor in overall inflationary pressures, as roughly 40% of US households buy a car each year.
  — Jennifer Korn, CNN, 7 Nov. 2022
• Meanwhile, the nascent US offshore industry has seen projects delayed and marked down due to inflationary pressures and supply chain struggles.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
• The figures have pointed to persistent inflationary pressures, increasing the chances of more interest rate hikes by the Bank of England and driving up gilt yields.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 14 June 2023
• This did not inject any new money into the US economy and so did not create inflationary pressures.
  — Richard Werner, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2023
• Aside from utility bills, prices rose for a broad range of goods from fried chicken, smartphones to air conditioners, in a sign of mounting inflationary pressure, the data showed.
  — Reuters, CNN, 22 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024