Frank tried another way of getting around the inflationary spiral.

That would set the inflationary spiral in motion once again.

Some fear he might give in to wage demands and create a new inflationary spiral.

He started blustering about the general election and an end to the inflationary spiral.

Pluto was in the middle of an inflationary spiral.

It will soon lead to full employment in the economy and then create a limitless inflationary spiral.

"The Government would also not be ready to help them, since in such a situation, it could not halt the inflationary spiral."

The resulting inflationary spiral eased this spring and summer, but in the past two months inflation began to return.

So far, he said, there is no evidence that domestic prices and wage rates are entering an inflationary spiral.

Some economists argue that allowing inflation to rise even a little might set off an inflationary spiral.

This could help them prevent an oil price rise from producing an unmanageable inflationary spiral.

(ii) It may help to stop a wage inflationary spiral, but this is not at all obvious.

If prices rose automatically with wages, the inflationary spiral would continue unabated.

A new study underscores just how costly it was to unwind the inflationary spiral.

At the top of his list was declining unemployment, which he said would eventually push wages and perhaps prices higher in an inflationary spiral.

"That started the inflationary spiral of the salaries."

High energy prices were the largest single element fuelling an inflationary spiral that left many families worse off.

The inflationary spiral constituted a grave threat which, if not halted, could jeopardise the entire economy.

"Last Tuesday, it was the panic about an impending inflationary spiral that gripped the market.

Volcker quickly gained wide respect and decisively broke the inflationary spiral.

If the ruble falls, the real fear is not just a run on the currency and another inflationary spiral but political meltdown.

So I was aware that the non-depression was moving slowly into a more normal inflationary spiral.

Alternatively, bonds could just as easily sell off if investors started believing that those higher costs were leading to an inflationary spiral.

In this chain of events, an inflationary spiral would become a real possibility, making the cost of a stumble on policy higher.

Yet there was much hysteria, with many claiming that Britain was on the verge of a 1970s-type inflationary spiral.