How to Use inflationary in a Sentence

inflationary

adjective

• He blames the bad economy on the government's inflationary policies.
• That was true in the inflationary era around the 1970s.
  — Lakshman Achuthan, CNN, 13 Jan. 2023
• But in terms of something that - inflationary is about the rate of growth of prices.
  — CBS News, 18 Aug. 2024
• Eggs and housing costs have been some of the inflationary hot buttons around the nation for the past year or so.
  — Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
• And the inflationary pressures this year may feel even worse because they haven't been felt for a long time.
  — NBC News, 10 Apr. 2022
• That is the source of our present inflationary pressures.
  — Robert Hockett, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
• But the current inflationary crisis has put basic goods out of the reach of many Afghans.
  — Margherita Stancati, WSJ, 17 July 2022
• The higher Premier League clubs push prices, the greater the inflationary risk for everyone else.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2023
• But many have warned that a gentle, easy end to the current inflationary burst is not assured.
  — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022
• But these products aren’t the cheap, poor-quality store brands of the inflationary 1970s.
  — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
• This levy would last 10 years, and would be tied to inflationary increases, as well.
  — Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2024
• During the inflationary age, CEOs are cutting costs in most places (if not always in their own salaries).
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 9 June 2023
• In the past five years, the cost of goods from Vietnam has increased about 10% and from Mexico about 3%, adding to inflationary pressures.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
• And when the Pell Grant fails to keep up with inflationary costs, that’s often going to be felt by the neediest students.
  — Jon Marcus and Fazil Khan, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
• And at times, the labor market can be a stubborn source of inflationary pressure — like right now.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 26 June 2023
• That's adding to inflationary headaches for families, the US economy and the White House.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 9 May 2022
• State of play: Lawmakers last week released a bill that would avert the cut and give doctors a partial inflationary boost of 1.8%.
  — Maya Goldman, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
• During the inflationary plague of the 1970s, inflation popped back up after periods of the Fed letting its foot off the gas.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 14 Jan. 2024
• The tight labor market has been a source of inflationary pressure due to the role that labor costs play in pushing up consumer prices.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 28 July 2023
• Boohoo has seen sales slow as consumers pull back due to inflationary pressures.
  — Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 19 Aug. 2024
• Pritzker signed a budget that included a six-month pause of a 2.4-cent inflationary increase in the gas tax.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2022
• The way to douse those inflationary flames is to bring the job market back into balance, some economists say.
  — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2022
• The Fed wants to cool hiring and wage increases, which can drive up inflationary pressures.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 31 Jan. 2023
• And that to me is the most important reading for the Fed in terms of its contribution to inflationary pressures.
  — Andy Mills, Quartz, 4 Sep. 2024
• After all, as the whitepaper points out, this is the first inflationary growth period in an e-commerce world.
  — Jon Bird, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
• This all comes just as people have felt some relief at the pump, which means no inflationary relief for the holidays.
  — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2022
• Prices at the wholesale level fell from June to July, the first month-to-month drop in more than two years and a sign that some of the U.S. economy’s inflationary pressures cooled last month.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2022
• Nearly two out of every three adults in the U.S. are just scraping by, due to inflationary pressures, according to a new study.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
• In this inflationary era, benchmarks of wealth are moving targets.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
• Traditional pillars of financial stability, such as gold and foreign currency reserves, now face scrutiny in an era of inflationary pressures, economic sanctions, and the demand for sovereignty over national assets.
  — Sean Lee, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Jan 2025