Greedflation
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Price gouging by corporations during an inflationary period, especially when the underlying cost of production has not risen accordingly; price increases ostensibly inflated solely by underlying fundamental factors but really in excess of that level. neologism, uncountable
"Echoes her colleague Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): “The problem is not inflation. The problem is corporate greed.” Their evidence for the greedflation theory was that prices companies charge had risen faster than input costs, which meant (at least for a while) that profits were growing."
Example
More examples"Echoes her colleague Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): “The problem is not inflation. The problem is corporate greed.” Their evidence for the greedflation theory was that prices companies charge had risen faster than input costs, which meant (at least for a while) that profits were growing."
Etymology
Blend of greed + inflation.
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