inflation
Currency loses value
Inflation is a general rise in prices that reduces the purchasing power of money.
What cost a dollar last year might cost $1.05 this year.
Economists distinguish moderate inflation from hyperinflation, where currency loses value rapidly.
Outside economics, inflation refers to the act of filling something with air or gas: the inflation of a balloon, tire inflation.
Figuratively, inflation suggests exaggeration or artificial enlargement: grade inflation, ego inflation.
Inflation tracking statistic
- purchasing powerEconomic spending ability
- stagflationStagnant growth meets inflation
- monetary policyCentral bank economic controls
- interest ratesPrice paid for borrowing
cost-push · price level · central bank · quantitative easing · fiscal policy · money supply · federal reserve · cost of living
Asset value reduction over time
- erosionGradual wearing away
- weakeningBecoming less strong
- currency debasementReducing money's intrinsic worth
- fiatAuthoritative official decree
exchange rate · forex · denomination · revaluation · dollarization
Inflatable rubber sac
- tireLose strength or energy
- air mattressPortable inflatable sleeping surface
- pumpFluid-moving machine
- bladderOrgan holding urine
pneumatic · pressurize · blow up · inner tube · life vest · bounce house · air compressor · lung
Increasing expenses over time
- groceriesFood bought at stores
- rent increaseHigher tenant payment
- shrinkflationSmaller portions, same cost
- sticker shockDistress from unexpected expense
gas prices · price gouging · affordability · household expenses · food prices · wage stagnation · markup · premium
Unproven theorizing or risky investment
- overvaluedRated beyond actual worth
- tulipmaniaHistoric floral speculation craze
- dotcomInternet-based commercial enterprise
- crashSudden violent impact
burst · irrational exuberance · mania · overheating · panic · frenzy · housing bubble · market correction
Loud explosive noise
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- space-timeFused dimensional framework
- redshiftWavelength stretch from recession
- dark energyForce accelerating universal expansion
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- pufferyOverblown self-promotion
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- magnificationDegree of visual enlargement
aggrandizement · overblown · pomposity · self-importance · grandiosity · bombast
consumer price index
Inflation tracking statistic
- purchasing powerEconomic spending ability
- stagflationStagnant growth meets inflation
- monetary policyCentral bank economic controls
interest rates · cost-push · price level · central bank · quantitative easing · fiscal policy · money supply · federal reserve · cost of living · bracket creep
depreciation
Asset value reduction over time
- erosionGradual wearing away
- weakeningBecoming less strong
- currency debasementReducing money's intrinsic worth
fiat · exchange rate · forex · denomination · revaluation · dollarization
balloon
Inflatable rubber sac
- tireLose strength or energy
- air mattressPortable inflatable sleeping surface
- pumpFluid-moving machine
bladder · pneumatic · pressurize · blow up · inner tube · life vest · bounce house · air compressor · lung · bellows
rising costs
Increasing expenses over time
- groceriesFood bought at stores
- rent increaseHigher tenant payment
- shrinkflationSmaller portions, same cost
gas prices · sticker shock · price gouging · affordability · household expenses · food prices · wage stagnation · markup · premium · surcharge
speculation
Unproven theorizing or risky investment
- overvaluedRated beyond actual worth
- tulipmaniaHistoric floral speculation craze
- dotcomInternet-based commercial enterprise
crash · burst · irrational exuberance · mania · overheating · panic · frenzy · housing bubble · market correction · boom
big bang
Loud explosive noise
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- space-timeFused dimensional framework
- redshiftWavelength stretch from recession
hyperbole
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- pufferyOverblown self-promotion
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
magnification · aggrandizement · overblown · pomposity · self-importance · grandiosity · bombast
- economicssupply and demand, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product, gross national product
- price increasesrent hike, fare hike, tax hike, fee increase, premium increase
- economic historystock market crash, Industrial Revolution, trade routes, Great Depression, gold standard
- finance termsnet profit, gross profit, budget, credit, debt
- modern economicsGDP, GDP growth, recession, interest rates, monetary policy
- UK economyBank of England, pound sterling, GDP, London Stock Exchange, sterling
inflationdeflation
Sustained decrease in prices
disinflation · price stability · economic contraction · shrinkflation · price collapse
inflationdeflation
Sustained decrease in prices
contraction · compression · shrinkage · deflating · collapse
inflationhumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · self-deprecation · humbleness · self-effacement · lowliness
- wage inflationRising pay levels economy-wide
- inflation rateSpeed of rising costs
- inflation controlPolicies limiting price increases
- grade inflationUnmerited higher academic scores
- inflation crisisRapid devaluation harming economy
- inflation adjusted
inflating, inflations, inflationary, hyperinflation, disinflation, hyperinflating