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cost-push inflation

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cost-push inflation
n
(Economics) See inflation


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The government should do its utmost to prevent stagflation, which is a recession accompanied by cost-push inflation.
Within this debate there are two particular areas of discussion: is the rise in cost-push inflation (from higher prices for food, energy and other commodities) likely to set off a 1970s-style burst of wage inflation?
The bank said, "The downward trend of inflation stemmed from the slumped domestic demand which helped reduce pressure from the demand-pull inflation while the continued appreciation of the baht helped mitigate the cost-push inflation from potentially rising oil prices.
 
 
 
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