English-Finnish translations for inflation

• inflaatio
  Hollannilla on nykyään korkeampi inflaatio. The Netherlands now has higher inflation.
  Kasvava inflaatio on toinen ajankohtainen ongelma. Rising inflation is another current problem.
  Nyt kun inflaatio on alhainen, voimme tehdä sen. With low inflation we can now do that.
• laajentuminen
  Toiseksi: otetaanko kaksinkertaistamisessa huomioon ohjelman kesto, inflaatio, laajentuminen ja tarve tukea uusia tutkimustoimia? Second, does this doubling take account of the programme's duration, inflation, enlargement and the need to support new actions?

Definition of inflation

• An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas
• An increase in the general level of prices or in the cost of living
• An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money
• An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorised to have occurred very shortly after the big bang

Examples

• The inflation of the balloon took five hours.

Related words

• hyperinflation
• inflationary
• superinflation
• disinflation
• anti-inflationary
• hyperinflationary
• reinflation
• anti-inflation
• inflation target