rising costs
Expenses trending upward
Rising costs refers to expenses that are increasing over time.
The phrase typically appears in economic or business contexts discussing inflation, budgeting challenges, or financial pressures: Rising costs have forced the company to raise prices, Families are struggling with rising costs of housing and healthcare.
The costs in question are usually essential—fuel, food, rent, medical care—making the increases difficult to avoid.
- inflationSustained price level increase
- expensesMoney spent on things
- pricesAmounts charged for goods
- overheadLocated directly above
- household budgetPlan for domestic expenses
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- inflationinflation, CPI, price hikes, hyperinflation, stagflation
- business problemscash flow, hiring, staffing, payroll, expenses
- money troublesdebt relief, bad debt, bankruptcy filing, paycheck to paycheck, struggling
- displacementdislocation, dislodging, relocation, displacing, uprooting
rising costsprice cuts
Reductions in cost
price drops · deflation · cost savings · discounts · cost cuts
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