ECONOMICS→demand-pull inflation(Definition ofdemand inflationfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdemand inflation
demand inflationThis is, of course, very largely to counter what is called "demandinflation".From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Economists seem to differ greatly as to whether we are suffering from what they call a cost inflation or ademandinflation.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0She proposes to attack inflation by cutting public expenditure—no doubt arguing that that will reducedemandinflation.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The only answer given is that we must not adddemandinflationto cost inflation.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Clearly our present inflation cannot be ademandinflation.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Indeed, at the present moment cost inflation is taking place in circumstances where, as we have seen, there is nodemandinflation.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Some people fail to make a distinction betweendemandinflationand cost inflation.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0To do this is to fail to make a distinction betweendemandinflationand cost inflation.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It is true that the greater the rate of cost inflation, the more the need to restraindemandinflation.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0I am concerned in case we are building up ademandinflationwhich will lead us into trouble in about 18 months' time.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/demand-inflation##
