cost-push inflation

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Cost-push inflation

Inflation caused by rising prices, usually from increased raw material or labor costs that push up the costs of production. Related: Demand-pull inflation.

cost-push inflation

Rising consumer prices caused by businesses passing along increases in their own costs for labor and materials. Cost-push inflation does not necessarily result in rising corporate profits because businesses may be unable to pass through all of their cost increases. Compare demand-pull inflation.

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``I really don't see cost-push inflation in these data,'' said Lincoln Anderson, economist for the Fidelity mutual fund group in Boston.

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This means there is no cost-push inflation in the pipeline where rising costs would push up prices, and long-term interest rates will not be moving up significantly this year or next," he said.

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The last thing Greenspan will do is fight cost-push inflation with a rate hike," said Dhawan.

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