inflationary spiral

1. 1.

   an episode of inflation in which prices and wages increase at an increasing rate and currency rapidly loses value

   Antonymsdeflationary spiral

   Broaderspiral

Questions about inflationary spiral

What does inflationary spiral mean?

inflationary spiral means "an episode of inflation in which prices and wages increase at an increasing rate and currency rapidly loses value".

What is the opposite of inflationary spiral?

The recorded antonyms are deflationary spiral.

Is inflationary spiral a common word?

inflationary spiral is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.