How to Use stagflation in a Sentence

stagflation

noun
  • What are the risks of stagflation?
    — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Could the Iran war bring 'stagflation'?
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Fears of stagflation have risen in recent weeks.
    — Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 18 May 2026
  • Now, stagflation fears are back on the table.
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The firm expects up to a year of stagflation from the tariffs.
    — Josh Fellman, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Goldilocks is getting stronger and the risk of stagflation is fading.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN, 25 July 2024
  • Sounds to him like a stagflation play - higher prices and lower growth.
    — Bob Haber, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
  • If the stagflation narrative takes hold, things could get bumpy.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Alan Greenspan warns about a bubble in bonds and the return of stagflation.
    — Ainsley Thomson, Bloomberg.com, 1 Aug. 2017
  • There was a whiff of stagflation in the latest housing numbers.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 28 July 2021
  • The short-term Treasuries are the thing to have if stagflation is our destiny.
    — William Baldwin, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2022
  • In it, he was asked whether the economy was facing stagflation.
    — Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • In a stagflation scenario, there's even less the government can do.
    — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Economists project stagflation as a high risk that would reflect on some of the largest economies in the world.
    — Derek Gallimore, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
  • But in this moment of stagflation fears, any amount of additions will arguably be a win.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Some analysts went as far as to warn of stagflation and supply-chain collapse.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The stagflation of the past, so obvious to us now, was ambiguous then.
    — Jason Zweig, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
  • And all of the talk back then was stagflation, when, not if, is a recession going to arrive.
    — CBS News, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Just weeks ago, the talk was of a possible recession or stagflation.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 11 May 2026
  • However, the central bank kept its outlook for two cuts this year as the threat of stagflation has risen.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 18 June 2025
  • Many also got hit with layoffs and job cuts at the same time, triggering what's called stagflation.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Ben Bernanke, the former Fed chair, also used this word stagflation.
    — CBS News, 22 May 2022
  • The country's top bankers and influential think tanks have raised the stagflation alarm.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Higher prices and slowing growth have sparked fears of stagflation in the world’s fourth-largest economy.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 19 May 2026
  • Worse than inflation is stagflation.
    — Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
  • This certainly does not look like the stagflation of the 1970s.
    — Joseph H. Davis For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 2 Sep. 2022
  • And concerns about stagflation have been a factor in the recent stock market declines.
    — Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2022
  • The economy is in a recession, and stagflation may be around the corner.
    — Garrett Bess, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The combination of weak growth and rising prices is raising the specter of stagflation.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 16 May 2024
  • And some of the contributors to that era’s stagflation are being seen today.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026

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