runaway prices

• inflationSustained price level increase
• skyrocketingRising sharply and quickly
• soaringRising effortlessly upward
• surgeSudden powerful increase
• spikeSharp rise or point

hyperinflation · galloping · escalating · spiraling · bubble · gouging · sticker shock · cost of living · unaffordable · out of control · panic buying · shortage · scarcity · speculation · crash · market · squeeze · hoarding