How to Use inflation in a Sentence

inflation

noun
  • The rate of inflation is high.
  • The government has been unable to control inflation.
  • At the same time, inflation has caused pain.
    — Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Low gas prices have helped keep inflation in check over the past year.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
  • That kind of inflation takes decades, not months or years, to bring down.
    — Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
  • Record inflation the last few years.
    — Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 16 May 2026
  • Is your -- has inflation gone up?
    — ABC News, 7 June 2026
  • That’s helped keep inflation in check.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The bad news is inflation is eating up wage gains again.
    — Arkansas Online, 8 May 2026
  • How high would the Fed need to raise rates to tamp down inflation?
    — Peter Cohan, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • All of this makes the inflation outlook hard to read.
    — D. Brian Blank, Fortune, 30 May 2026
  • The inflation report out late last week did not help.
    — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • But that was over 20 years ago, and inflation is a thing.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 31 Aug. 2025
  • All of that has changed in recent weeks, as inflation took off.
    — Susan Tompor, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Let’s get inflation back down to 2%.
    — Arkansas Online, 8 May 2026
  • On the surface, inflation seems not to have changed.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Too-hot inflation, on the other hand, could keep it on hold longer.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Gas prices have surged and inflation is rising.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • The next inflation print is due on June 2.
    — Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 29 May 2026
  • Where do the job market and inflation stand?
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
  • That came to a halt as inflation kicked in and people pulled back on spending.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The Fed has a 2% inflation goal.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Are wage gains keeping up with inflation?
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 8 May 2026
  • Then there is the extreme inflation and the lack of basic foods.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
  • How big a risk is the inflation problem or at least the price of living, right?
    — CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • Yes, inflation is still too high to justify more than one cut.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Many voters have learned to treat the pump price as a proxy for tracking inflation.
    — Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2026
  • If inflation starts to rise, the Fed may increase rates to tamp it down.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • That will keep inflation high (5%+).
    — Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • And paychecks for many workers have grown near the pace of inflation.
    — Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024

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