In economics‚ deflation is a sustained decrease in the general price level of goods and services.[1] Deflation occurs when the inflation rate falls below zero percent‚ resulting in an increase in the real value of money — a negative inflation rate. This should not be confused with disinflation‚ a slow-down in the inflation rate (i.e. when the inflation decreases‚ but still remains positive).[2] Inflation reduces the real value of money over time‚ conversely‚ deflation increases the real value of
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Inflation‚ Unemployment and Poverty: Still Major Problems of Pakistan Zoha Siddique Forman Christian College University Since Pakistan came into being‚ it’s going through hard times. From newly born country to getting sixty four year old country‚ sometimes it has given sacrifices and sometimes remained victim of inapt political system. For the long time‚ it is facing number of challenges and conspiracies which has weakened its foundations and so is the structure. Therefore‚
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INFLATION The government control measures‚ all over the world‚ keep business cycles under control. What has gone nearly uncontrolled over the time is the problem of almost continuous increase in the general price level (this is the problem of inflation). The problem of inflation got accentuated since the early 1970s. It emerged as the most intractable economic problem for both theoreticians and policy-makeovers all over the world. Inflation has been a common problem of the developed and the developing
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INFLATION In economics‚ inflation is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. When the general price level rises‚ each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services. Consequently‚ inflation also decrease the purchasing power of money. Effects of Inflation on economy 1. Decrease Production: People buying less of goods and services as their income is limited. This leads to slowdown not only in consumption but also production. This is because
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First of all‚ when we speak about inflation‚ we should make clear what is the exact defination of it. Inflation is one of the most important economic concepts. At its most basic level‚ inflation is simply a rise in prices. Over time‚ as the cost of goods and services increases‚ the value of for example of a dollar is going to go down because you won’t be able to purchase as much with that dollar as you could have last month or last year. When the purchasing power of a currency starts to decline
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Keomorokod‚ Im Meng and Chuop Vichet INFLATION Course Title: Fundamentals of Economics Professor: Meng Channarith April 09‚ 2013 CONTENTS Acknowledgement .....................................................................................................................ii Introduction .............................................................................................................................. iii Chapter One: Nature of inflation ....................................
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overlapping types of and theories of unemployment‚ including cyclical or Keynesian unemployment‚ frictional unemployment‚ structural unemployment and classical unemployment.[5] Some additional types of unemployment that are occasionally mentioned are seasonal unemployment‚ hardcore unemployment‚ and hidden unemployment. The U.S. BLS measures six types of unemployment‚ U1–U6. Though there have been several definitions of "voluntary" and "involuntary unemployment" in the economics literature‚ a simple
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(b) Assess how monetary policy can be used to maintain a target of low inflation and currency stability in emerging markets? According to Jahan (2012)‚ monetary policy is the manner where the monetary authority uses to control the supply of the currency. The monetary policy objective of controlling the interest rate also takes an important role when government and monetary authority are dealing with the inflation (Shen‚ 2013‚ pp.199). The monetary authority usually is central bank with a certain
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INFLATION It can be stated that Inflation is the rise in prices of products as a result of the increase in the quantity of money. This definition however would be inefficient since for two reasons; 1. If we simply term inflation to be a rise in prices of certain products then we will be mistaken because prices might be rising in one sector of the economy yet falling in another sector. 2. We have to take into account that the process may be high this month but generally fall the following month
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Objectives: How is inflation measured The calculation and limitations of these indices The effects of inflation Important points to remember: Consumer Price Index (CPI) - A measure of price changes in consumer goods and services such as gasoline‚ food‚ clothing and automobiles. The CPI measures price change from the perspective of the purchaser. GDP Deflator- measures price changes in current year compared to those in a base year‚ for all goods and services produced within the country and
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