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INFLATIONARY SPIRAL [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
DEF

An upward trend of prices, which is partly the result and partly the cause of increases in wages and salaries and other incomes such as profits, dividends, interest and rent.

OBS

inflationary spiral: term reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix
DEF

Enchaînement des relations cause-effet dans lequel l'augmentation de salaire produit des augmentations de prix qui, à leur tour, entraînent des hausses ultérieures de salaires.

CONT

[...] les salariés, pour qui le coût de la vie augmente, exigent des hausses de salaires; ces hausses aggravent les coûts des entreprises qui les répercutent sur les prix (ce jeu prix-salaires est appelé spirale inflationniste) [...]

OBS

spirale inflationniste : terme extrait du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduit avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teoría de fijación de precios
DEF

Concatenación de relaciones causa-efecto en la que el aumento de salarios produce incrementos de precios que a su vez originan ulteriores de salarios.

OBS

espiral inflacionaria: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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