cost increase
Higher price tag
A cost increase is a rise in the price of goods, services, or operations.
The term appears in business and economic contexts: The company passed the cost increase on to consumers.
Unlike a price hike, which emphasizes what buyers pay, cost increase focuses on what producers or purchasers absorb.
- overhead costsOngoing operational expenses
- wage growthIncrease in compensation
- inflationSustained price level increase
- consumer price indexInflation tracking statistic
- licensing feesPayments for usage rights
rising prices · trade embargoes · labor shortages · import tariffs · export restrictions · currency devaluation · rise · employee benefits · minimum wage laws · budget · supply chain · interest rates · jump · monetary policy · fiscal policy · climb · economic recession · markup
- price changesprice drop, price surge, price swing, markup, markdown
- pricingpricing, discount price, overpricing, discounts, overcharge
- economic eventsjob loss, layoffs, inflation, recession, boom
cost increasecost reduction
Decreasing expenditure amounts
price reduction · price cut · discount · cost savings · markdown
cost increaseprice freeze
Mandated cost stability
price stability · flat rate · cost control · fixed cost · rate freeze
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