cost-push

(kôst'pʊsh')
n.
Inflation in which increased production costs, as from higher wages, tend to drive prices up.

A phenomenon where general level of prices rise (inflation) due to increases in the cost of wages and raw materials.

Investopedia Says:
Cost-push inflation develops because the higher costs of production factors decreases in aggregate supply (the amount of total production) in the economy. Since there are fewer goods being produced (supply weakens), and demand for these goods remains consistent, prices of finished goods increases (inflation).

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Inflation caused by rising prices, which follow on the heels of rising costs. This is the sequence: When the demand for raw materials exceeds the supply, prices go up. As manufacturers pay more for these raw materials they raise the prices they charge merchants for the finished products, and the merchants in turn raise the prices they charge consumers. See also Demand-Pull Inflation; Inflation.

Français (French)
idioms:

• cost-push inflation    (Fin) inflation par les coûts

Deutsch (German)
idioms:

• cost-push inflation    Inflation, die eine Preiserhöhung verursacht, als Resultat einer Erhöhung der, Produktionskosten

Español (Spanish)
idioms:

• cost-push inflation    costo-alza inflacionaria

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