Definition of "cost-push" []

• Inflation in which increased production costs, as from higher wages, tend to drive prices up. (noun)

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• ""Japan shouldn't be happy with this price trend, called cost-push inflation, which isn't good for the economy at all," said Norio Miyagawa, senior economist at Mizuho Research and Consulting."
• "But no method yet has worked, and a "cost-push" inflation isn't what the country wanted."
• "But Woori Investment & Securities' economist Peter Park said he expects the BOK to stand pat again next week as upward price pressures are being driven by "cost-push" factors."