price hikes
Goods becoming costlier
Price hikes are increases in the cost of goods or services, usually substantial or sudden ones.
The phrase carries negative connotations—companies announce "price adjustments" but critics call them price hikes: Consumers are furious about the latest price hikes at the pump.
The term implies the increase is unwelcome, possibly unjustified.
- inflationSustained price level increase
- surgingRising with sudden force
- costsAmounts required to pay
- cost of livingPrice of basic necessities
- gougingExploitative overpricing
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- pricingoverpricing, discounts, overcharge, markdowns, unit cost
- consumer hassleshidden fees, long lines, out of stock, late delivery, overcharging
- inflationinflation, CPI, hyperinflation, cost-push inflation, stagflation
- expensesexpenses, expense, expenditure, cost, costs
- financial termswealth, asset, currency, balance sheet, audit
- money troublesdebt relief, bad debt, bankruptcy filing, paycheck to paycheck, struggling
price hikesprice cuts
Reductions in cost
price reductions · price drops · discounts · markdowns · rollbacks
price hikesloss leaders
Goods priced below cost
sales · promotions · price controls · clearance pricing · promotional pricing
price hikesdeflation
Sustained decrease in prices
price stability · disinflation · price collapse · market correction
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