Increase in Prices; Reduction in Purchasing Power

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Farm, Group 473, Puzzle 5 (Preventing Erosion).

Question is: Increase in Prices; Reduction in Purchasing Power

and the answer is: INFLATION

Word Meaning:

INFLATION — An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.

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