excuseflation

== English == === Etymology === Coined by journalists Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal in 2023 (see quotations below). Blend of excuse +‎ inflation. === Noun === excuseflation (uncountable) (business, finance, economics, neologism) The raising of the price of a good or service in the wake of an economic, political, or other social change that serves as a justification for the rise. ==== Coordinate terms ==== greedflation (often synonymous) ==== Related terms ==== shrinkflation skimpflation