The phrase "acceleration of inflation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing economic trends, particularly when referring to the rate at which inflation is increasing over time.
Example: "The acceleration of inflation has raised concerns among policymakers and economists alike."
Alternatives: "increase in inflation rate" or "rise in inflation".
"The risks are all toward a gradual acceleration of inflation," said Jan Hatzius, an economist at Goldman , Sachs
By comparison, growth of 9.6percentt in the second quarter of 2004 ignited a broad acceleration of inflation then.
At this point the short-run priorities are twofold: sustaining the expansion and preventing an acceleration of inflation.
Goldman Sachs said in a research report that while the acceleration of inflation was "notable," there were a few encouraging signs.
It borrows some money and it effectively offers to act as the underwriter of a casualty insurance policy -- the casualty in question being a significant acceleration of inflation.
"This latest report adds evidence that we are in an acceleration of inflation at all stages," said James W. Paulsen, the chief investment strategist for Wells Capital Management in Minneapolis.
During the summer July 244), we interviewed Leigh Goehring, a Prudential fund manager and commodities bull who remained convinced that the price of gold would boom as a result of a growing shortage of commodities and an acceleration of global inflation.
Second, commodity prices have tumbled so dramatically in the last few months and Asian products are so much cheaper now that one can confidently predict no further acceleration of the rate of inflation for the next few quarters.
The rise in March represents a swift acceleration in an important measure of inflation.
In the mid-1990s, for example, a range of economists across the political spectrum confidently proclaimed that the unemployment rate could not go below 5.5% without setting off an acceleration of wage and price inflation.
Mr King said that the Bank's interest-rate-setting committee had been surprised by both the economic slowdown and the rate at which inflation had picked up.No more than half of the acceleration in inflation could be ascribed to higher oil prices, the governor argued.
