How to Use inflation in a Sentence

inflation

noun

• The rate of inflation is high.
• The government has been unable to control inflation.
• Over the past few years, the Fed has gone through multiple stages of its inflation fight.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
• Mergers have slowed in the past year due to high interest rates, the war in Ukraine, and inflation.
  — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2023
• And paychecks for many workers have grown near the pace of inflation.
  — Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
• Too much aid might cause inflation — but that, unlike slow growth, is a problem the Fed knows how to solve.
  — Ben Casselman, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2023
• But that pain is very small as compared to if inflation is allowed to reemerge and stay with us for many years.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 9 July 2023
• Some of the older girls may learn about inflation, rising prices, and the value of money.
  — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 10 Jan. 2024
• The central bank wants to tamp economic growth to slow inflation, which hit a 40-year high last year.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 7 July 2023
• They're being crushed by the high cost of living, by inflation and Bidenomics.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
• The inflation that has plagued Mr. Biden's presidency has fallen to 4% from a peak of 9.1% last June.
  — CBS News, 28 June 2023
• If history is a guide, inflation hasn't been whipped yet.
  — Kevin A. Hassett, National Review, 12 Dec. 2023
• Both figures are higher than the current rate of inflation.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune Well, 18 Jan. 2024
• In light of its progress in cooling inflation, the Fed expects to cut interest rates sometime this year.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2024
• But at the moment, unemployment is low and inflation is way too high.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2023
• Even so, the Fed remains far from achieving its target inflation rate of 2%, Powell added.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2023
• Since 2020 the cost of dining out has skyrocketed across the US, and even as other forms of inflation have eased, menu prices keep climbing.
  — Meghan McCarron, Bon Appétit, 1 Feb. 2024
• The Marshall Plan, when adjusted for inflation, came to about $150 billion over three years.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• The hikes come as The Fed fights to curtail rising inflation, a consequence of the pandemic-era shutdown.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 29 Nov. 2023
• This has become even more of a headache for shoppers as inflation has risen and savings have shrunk in the years following the Covid-19 pandemic.
  — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
• That's bad news for those workers, but a cooler job market could take pressure off inflation.
  — Stan Choe The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2023
• Lenders are pulling back, leery of borrowers who have struggled with high inflation and a surge in interest rates the last couple of years, and have piled on debt to make ends meet.
  — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
• Year-over-year inflation refers to how much the inflation level has changed from one year ago on a percentage basis.
  — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023
• At the same time, there have been studies published over the past year that suggest revenue from mobile gaming declined in 2022, due in part to inflation.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023
• While the economy has held up so far — growth was unusually strong over the summer — inflation has come down since 2022.
  — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
• People’s purchasing power is under pressure with inflation and gas prices and all the rest of it.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024
• At the same time, many of them are facing higher costs from new labor contracts, flight disruptions, and inflation.
  — Mary Schlangenstein, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
• The Fed's efforts to rein in inflation come as a still-strong labor market fuels consumer spending.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2023
• In crunching the numbers for how much millions of families could afford to pay for college in the next school year, the agency failed to account for inflation.
  — Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
• Two years of red-hot inflation that sent prices soaring to 40-year highs and stretched household budgets finally looks to be cooling.
  — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024