| INFLATION | General increase in prices and fall in the buying power of money (9) |
| WATTSINYOURWALLET | The buying power of cash? |
| DEFLATIONARY | Relating to increases in the purchasing power of money within the economy (12) |
| FORCE | Power of money one no longer has (5,5) |
| SPENT | Power of money one no longer has (5,5) |
| HIKE | An increase in prices, and one will have to go walking (4) |
| STAGFLATION | A steady increase in prices and unemployment * |
| LEAVES | We change colors and fall in the fall. What are we? |
| SEASON | Sprinkle pepper, perhaps, and fall in the US, for example (6) |
| SPRING | & 23 Jump and fall in the US? (6,6) |
| ECOMMERCE | The buying and selling of goods and services over the internet (1-8) |
| HITCHHIKE | Prior to an increase in prices, say, children under 8 travel for free (9) |
| GATECRASH | Barge in at midnight, eat rubbish and fall in a heap (4-5) |
| SKYROCKET | Stone found buried in Scottish island, taking time to greatly increase in price (9) |
| HITTHEHAY | Retire and fall in a barn? (3,3,3) |
| BIGMAC | The price of this hamburger is used by The Economist to illustrate comparative buying-power in various countries of the world (3,3) |
| SLUMP | Sudden severe or prolonged fall in prices and values of commodities / plunge |
| COMMERCE | The buying and selling of commodities and services (8) |
| TRADE | Name the term for the buying and selling of commodities (5) |
| TIDE | Rise and fall in a draw, from the sound of it (4) |
