1.   He will want to avoid a further Decline for fear that import price rises will push up inflation.

2.   The cumulative effect of these policies will be to push up inflation.

3.   There are now fears that price rises will push up inflation.

4.   They concede that while the fall in the pound will push up inflation, the critical point is by how much.

5.   Instead, it tended to push up wage scales in unionized industries and subsequently pushed inflation even higher.

6.   Although wages push up inflation, other forces are working against it.

7.   A Philadelphia Federal Reserve report on regional manufacturing suggested the U.S. economy might be growing at a vigorous enough pace to push inflation higher.

8.   A government report Friday eased worries that a reinvigorated economy was pushing up inflation.

9.   A surge in prices for package tours pushed inflation past forecasts made prior to a series of regional reports.

10.   All of the odd circumstances that pushed inflation up in April disappeared in May.