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Originally driven by food prices, inflation in recent months has moved into manufactured goods as well, raising the specter of a wage-price spiral.

India Lifts Benchmark Rates as Prices Climb Subhadip Sircar 2011

Or will it trigger a stagflationary wage-price spiral, the likes of which blighted the 1970s?

Slippery Slope for EU After Oil Shock Alen Mattich 2011

It would mean an end to the persistent slack which has kept our unemployment at or above five percent for 61 out of the past 62 months—and an end to the growing pressures for such restrictive measures as the 35-hour week, which alone could increase hourly labor costs by as much as 14 percent, start a new wage-price spiral of inflation, and undercut our efforts to compete with other nations.

Notable & Quotable 2011

Trichet said the bank must make sure higher oil and commodity prices do not fuel a wage-price spiral as most of Europe's economy grows.

European Central Bank signals rate hike likely in July 2011

This is the kind of toxic "wage-price spiral" Britain became locked into after the early 1970s oil shock.

Still-fragile world economy braced for effects of another oil shock 2011

But its claim to be committed to price stability would crumble pretty quickly if it tried to recover too much lost economic ground and ended up with a wage-price

When Frugal Becomes the New Normal Alen Mattich 2011

At the same time, there is no evidence that a wage-price spiral will take off.

Off-Target BOE is Taking Risks by Ignoring Inflation Alen Mattich 2011

Major developed world central banks are likely to tolerate more inflation, analysts at Morgan Stanley wrote on Wednesday, which could raise the risk of a "wage-price spiral."

Euro, Pound Face Growing Inflation Threat Neil Shah 2011

Trichet said the bank must make sure higher oil and commodity prices do not fuel a wage-price spiral as most of Europe's economy grows.

European Central Bank signals rate hike likely in July 2011

That suggests a shift in emphasis: In August, the ECB was still worried about a wage-price spiral even as the economy was cooling and the sovereign crisis deepening.

ECB U-Turn: Baby Steps for Now Richard Barley 2011