Lower import prices would then push inflation dangerously close to zero in America and Europe.
More important, the Bank of Japan also said it aimed to push inflation up to a rate of 1%.
Treasury yields are telling us that traders do not believe growth will be strong enough to push inflation significantly higher.
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Consumer demand is high in Russia, helping push inflation through the roof.
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It is thus worth noting that there is no cost-push inflation to work against or counter the reduction of demand-pull forces that would intensify inflation.
Persistent weakness in the real could also push inflation up.
Raising interest rates may initially push inflation below target.
The increase in VAT could push inflation above 3%, requiring Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, to explain why the 2% target has been overshot to such an extent.
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The Bank clearly believes the combined impact of the recent tightening across monetary, macro-prudential and fiscal policies will push inflation to its target, around 4.6% from the 6.3% 12 month rolling inflation currently.
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An overheated stockmarket could spill over into an overheated economy and so push up inflation.
It should also help to reduce America's massive trade deficit, and perhaps even push up inflation.
The effect has been to slow already meagre growth further and push up inflation.
If money is not circulating, but is stashed in reserves or under mattresses, it cannot boost spending or push up inflation.
Furthermore, there is no assurance that the Fed can push the inflation rate up to, say 3.0%, without triggering a substantially steeper escalation.
"This could ultimately undermine the dollar, push up inflation even more and raise the cost of servicing debt for the US authorities, " our business editor explained.
Many economists are starting to worry that the weak dollar will push up inflation, leaving the central bank no room to cut interest rates if the economy slows abruptly.
On the other hand, if a central bank responds by cutting official interest rates too drastically, it may push up inflation, or cause expectations of future inflation to rise.
The yen has been weakening on expectations the prime minister who took office late last year will push for inflation targets and other monetary policy designed to weaken the yen.
Moreover, the rise in VAT will push up inflation.
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That has given a big boost to domestic spending but raised concerns that the flood of liquidity will push up inflation, fuel bubbles in shares and housing, and store up bad loans.
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However, in the current weak economic climate, firms with lots of spare capacity find it hard to pass on costs, so rising labour costs are more likely to squeeze profits than to push up inflation.
The recent increase in oil and gasoline prices will push up inflation temporarily, but the Committee anticipates that subsequently inflation will run at or below the rate that it judges most consistent with its dual mandate.
While other central bankers are tamping down expansionary rhetoric, Fed Chairman Bernanke is on record saying that he will do everything in his power to push up inflation (which he considers too low) and dilute the dollar.
The removal of sanctions would likely lead to a massive influx of foreign money, which at minimum could push up inflation, Mr. Maung Maung Win said, though he added that the government should be able to contain such a problem with close monitoring.
However, if this inflation rate continues beyond the next couple of months, it will start to push the yearly inflation number higher.
As well as taxing consumers, or worse, dearer commodities push up overall inflation, as the latest numbers from the euro area and Britain show.
Japan is still trying to push up its inflation rate.
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Expectations may have risen, but cost push or wage inflation will only likely to rise if economic growth is sufficiently strong or it can be accommodated by an acceleration in monetary growth.
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