Sentence examples for more general inflation from inspiring English sources

But some still fear more general inflation.

But avoiding more general inflation could prove difficult.

First there was the lethal combination of soaring energy prices and the more general inflation this triggered; the home foreclosure and depreciation crisis; and gently rising unemployment.

The data, due at 9.30am, is keenly awaited by financial markets after several Bank of England policymakers raised concerns that stronger pay growth could have knock-on effects for more general inflation and thereby warrant an interest rate rise.

In America the Kansas Fed says that prices have risen by 40% since 2004; rents are up by just 17%.That suggests there is a speculative element to the boom, with financial investors regarding farmland as a bet on higher commodity prices or as a hedge against more general inflation.

However, it's still increasing far more than general inflation, which has been about 2% in recent years.

Cereal prices soared from 1980 to 1993, rising more than the general inflation rate every year.

If housing is a staple, though, prices will rise more slowly — with general inflation, as food tends to.

But total health care spending by employers has nonetheless continued to rise: 7.7percentt last year, or more than double the general inflation rate, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

If so, it will be the 17th consecutive annual increase in a business whose prices have outpaced the effect of general inflation by more than half since 1999.

[C1.] Prescription Drugs for Elderly Rising in Price Again For the third consecutive year, the average prices of dozens of brand-name prescription drugs widely used by elderly Americans have risen more than twice as fast as general inflation, according to a survey.