inflationären

Inflationären is the inflected form of the German adjective inflationär, meaning inflationary. The term describes something related to or caused by inflation, in which the general price level rises. In economic writing, inflationär is used to characterize processes, pressures, expectations, or policies that contribute to higher prices.

Usage and examples play a central role in German. The form inflationären appears in various cases depending on the noun it modifies. For example: des inflationären Ausmaßes (genitive neuter singular) and mit inflationären Tendenzen (dative plural). The adjective can also appear in other inflected forms, such as inflationäre Entwicklungen (nominative plural) or inflationäre Preisentwicklung, depending on the grammatical context.

Common contexts include inflationäre Druck- oder Preisdruck, inflationäre Erwartungen in der Arbeits- oder Finanzwelt, and monetary or fiscal policies described as inflationär if they tend to raise inflation. The term is typically used descriptively rather than as a precise technical category, and it is often contrasted with deflationär (deflationary) or disinflationär (disinflationary) in discussions of price dynamics and policy.

In German-language economics, inflationär is a regular, neutral descriptor rather than a standalone theory. Its English counterpart is inflationary. The concept applied through the word is about tendencies or conditions associated with rising prices, rather than a single, discrete economic mechanism. See also inflation, deflation, monetary policy, and price level.