How to Use inflation in a Sentence

inflation

noun

• The rate of inflation is high.
• The government has been unable to control inflation.
• Those protests have also led to a new spike in inflation, amid shortages of items like food and gas.
  — Marcelo Rochabrun, Bloomberg.com, 10 Feb. 2023
• For all those years, inflation or prices only grew by about less than 2 percent a year.
  — CBS News, 1 Dec. 2024
• For almost two years, economists and other observers have been fiercely debating the surge in inflation.
  — Patrick Horan, National Review, 26 Jan. 2023
• The past two years have been hard for charitable giving because inflation and high interest rates have strained people’s budgets, experts say.
  — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
• The home goods space in particular - which the company caters to - has seen a slump amid home prices, inflation, and lower demand for home renovations post-Covid.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
• Even before high inflation and the recession set in, C-level executives began to see the wisdom of increasing the agility of their businesses.
  — Amy Bogan, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• Combined with inflation at over 10% and interest rates and rental costs rising at the highest rates on record, much of the British population is struggling to afford the basics.
  — Natasha Khullar Relph, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Jan. 2023
• That kind of inflation takes decades, not months or years, to bring down.
  — Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
• 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
• The pattern of job gains has likely helped to cool inflation.
  — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
• 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
• Although gas prices are down and the rate of inflation has cooled sharply, consumers are still hurting from years of price hikes.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
• They're being crushed by the high cost of living, by inflation and Bidenomics.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
• That, combined with the pinch of inflation, is likely to put a damper on spending plans later this year.
  — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
• 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
• Joe Biden: The economy is coming back The first question is to Biden about inflation.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
• Some tightening by banks would help the Fed fight inflation.
  — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2023
• After a string of hot inflation reports to start the year, markets—and consumers—got a reprieve this week.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 12 June 2024
• If history is a guide, inflation hasn't been whipped yet.
  — Kevin A. Hassett, National Review, 12 Dec. 2023
• More broadly, inflation has cooled recently from a 40-year high of 9.1% in June.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2023
• For decades now, the cost of education has increased over all ahead of inflation.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
• As in the 13th District to the north, economic issues and inflation will likely be top of mind for these voters.
  — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
• Key number: Hopes for lower inflation and rates have dimmed.
  — Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024