currency inflation
noun [U] ECONOMICS, FINANCEDefinition
› a situation in which more money becomes available without an increase in production and services, causing prices to rise: The market can experience price inflation without currency inflation, but the market cannot experience currency inflation without price inflation. → See also currency deflation, inflation, price inflation
(Definition of currency inflation noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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