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
• 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 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
• 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
• The district last year had implemented a 3% pay bump for each year that teachers stay in the district, which comes on top of any across-the-board inflationary increase.
  — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2023
• Kashkari’s encounter with the Cooler Screens was the sort of thing that could unnerve a central banker worried about an inflationary mind-set taking root.
  — Michael Steinberger, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2023
• Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that wage growth and the labor market were not inflationary.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
• Most economists agree that tariffs are inflationary, by passing the higher cost of inputs to consumers.
  — Selina Wang, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2024
• Most mainstream economists believe tariffs will be inflationary and could cost the typical US household over $2,600 a year.
  — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024