rising prices

Definitions of rising prices

1. noun

   a general and progressive increase in prices
   synonyms: inflation

   types:

   cost-pull inflation

   inflation caused by an increase in the costs of production

   demand-pull inflation

   inflation caused by an increase in demand or in the supply of money

   reflation

   inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state

   stagflation

   a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation)

   type of:

   economic process

   any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth