Example sentences of "when inflation " in BNC.

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1 John Major , the Foreign Secretary , said in another BBC interview that nothing had changed since the EC Madrid summit last June : Britain would become a full member of the European Monetary System ( EMS ) when inflation fell to ‘ the approximate rate ’ of European competitors , and when France and Italy abolished exchange controls .
2 I think you have to look after people both at work and when they retire and we inflation-proofed our pension scheme during the whole of that pretty dreadful time when inflation was running at over twenty per cent .
3 The new grants were attacked by the National Union of Students as another cut in living standards when inflation was running at 7.7 per cent and housing costs , according to estimates from the committee of vice-chancellors and principals , had increased by 8.6 per cent .
4 The coincidence of free financial markets with relatively poor economic performance therefore seems more potent than during the 1970s , when inflation and dear oil slowed the whole industrial world .
5 Put very simply , if debentures are issued at high coupon rates which reflect current rates of inflation , then if the rate of inflation falls the company will be stuck with a high coupon burden at a time when inflation no longer boosts its earnings .
6 The strength of the stock market has been built entirely on the belief that the economy is about to start growing again at a time when inflation , earnings growth and interest rates are all low and falling , creating ideal conditions for a period of non-inflationary growth .
7 There were various factors to be taken into account when determining the actual amount , previously the subscription adding and the fact that there had been no increase in the second year when inflation in increased considerably had to be taken into account .
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