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Inflation (29201 bytes)
1: ... in [[economics]]. For alternative meanings see [[inflation (disambiguation)]].''
3: ...et value of a currency between economies. General inflation is referred to as a rise in the general level of ...
5: ...economics)|deflation]]. Zero or very low positive inflation is called '''price stability'''.
7: ...were not increasing at the time. Below, the word "inflation" will be used to refer to a general increase in p...
9: ...isinflation", which is a reduction in the rate of inflation but not enough to cause deflation.

Inflation in Mexico (973 bytes)
1: ...o). In 2002, the government did not reach to keep inflation below 4.50. For december 2003, the target is 3 pe...
3: ==Inflation growth by month== (INEGI)
39: ...negi.gob.mx/pubcoy/coyunt/precios/inpc.html INEGI inflation statistics]
41: See also : [[Inflation]] | [[Economy of Mexico]] | [[Mexico]]

Inflation (disambiguation) (549 bytes)
1: *In [[economics]], '''[[inflation]]''' is the rise in the general level of prices. ...
2: ...], '''[[cosmic inflation|inflation]]''' ([[cosmic inflation]]) is the idea—first proposed by Alan Guth (1981)...
3: ...ct to a system of matter, '''[[inflation (matter)|inflation]]''' is distention of matter by a [[fluid]] or [[...

Inflation rate (854 bytes)
1: ... how quickly it grows in size. Alternatively, the inflation rate is the rate of decrease in the [[purchasing ...
3: ...ub>''' is the price level a year ago, the rate of inflation during the year might be measured as follows:
5: :: inflation rate = ('''P<sub>1</sub>''' - '''P<sub>0</sub>''...
7: There are other ways of calculating the inflation rate, such as the natural log of '''P<sub>1</sub>...

Built-in inflation (3072 bytes)
1: ... the present. It thus might be called '''hangover inflation'''.
3: ...ation]], and [[built-in inflation]]. "Demand-pull inflation" refers to the effects of falling unemployment ra...
5: ...f the workings of the economy due to the roles of inflationary expectations and the [[price/wage spiral]].
7: ... arise because of persistent past experience with inflation.
9: ...pect price inflation -- or have experienced price inflation in the past -- they push for higher money wages. ...

Grade inflation (7269 bytes)
1: '''Grade inflation''' is the situation wherein a fixed letter [[grad...
5: Claims of grade inflation have a long history. In [[1894]], a [[Harvard Uni...
7: ...be at least somewhat misleading to say that grade inflation reflects teachers' misunderstanding of or disrega...
15: ...ures educational talent, then the fact that grade inflation has occurred with respect to it is of no conseque...
19: ...es. (Otherwise they could simply adjust and grade inflation would not be a serious issue.) This could happen ...

Cosmic inflation (4416 bytes)
1: ...exponential growth|exponential expansion]] (the [[inflationary epoch]]) that was driven by a negative pressur...
3: Inflation resolves several problems in the [[Big Bang]] cos...
5: ...of '''reheating''' after the end of the period of inflation.
7: ...oscopic. At present, there is no clear way to get inflation from [[string theory]]. A competing model is the ...
9: ...verse]] which has a much lower energy than cosmic inflation.

Inflation-indexed bond (256 bytes)
2: ...t inflation risk. Best known are TIPS ([[treasury inflation-protected securities]]) issued by the [[U.S. Trea...

Symmetrical inflation target (456 bytes)
1: ... situation where [[inflation]] is too low as when inflation is too high.
3: ...target, meaning it only needs to take action when inflation is too high.

Demand pull inflation (816 bytes)
1: ...ney that is spent on goods and services can cause inflation. This would not be expected to persist over time ...
3: The term demand-pull inflation is mostly associated with [[Keynesian economics]]...
7: *[[cost push inflation]]

Cost push inflation (2668 bytes)
1: ...ion rate]]. This can raise the normal or built-in inflation rate, reflecting [[adaptive expectations]] and th...
3: ...rise in the cost of oil was a direct cause of the inflation of the 1970s. They argue that although the price ...
5: ...ral Banks to allowing a supply shock to result in inflation.
6: ...eracted by [[demand pull inflation]] and built-in inflation resulting from [[adaptive expectations]] and the ...
10: [[Economics]], [[Demand pull inflation]]

Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (881 bytes)
1: ...ted principal, thus protecting the holder against inflation.
3: ...nual - every six months) as you would expect. The inflation adjustment credited to the bonds is also taxable ...

Triangle model (331 bytes)
1: ...tion#Neo-Keynesian_Theory| triangle model of]] [[inflation]]''' is a generalization of the [[Phillips Curve]...

Rule of 70 (888 bytes)
1: ...us, 70/3.5 would give 20. This means that at 3.5% inflation it should take 20 years for the value of a dollar...
3: ...derived using the rule of continual growth. Since inflation is an annual term, the number of compounding peri...

Phillips Effect (642 bytes)
1: ... a hypothesized relationship between accelerating inflation and payroll employment.
3: ...their costs rising. This effect dissipates as the inflation rate becomes [[rational expectations | expected]]...

Disinflation (973 bytes)
1: ...rate of inflation was 4.4% and in May the rate of inflation was 4.0%. The price of goods and services is stil...
3: ...th the strong growth during this period. While disinflation is generally perceived as positive, it is not goo...

Adaptive expectations (3456 bytes)
1: ...n what has happened in the past. For example, if inflation has been high in the past, people would expect it...
3: ...the firms themselves have similar expectations of inflation. This encourages another round of pay-raises.
4: ...rience with inflation gives an economy [[built-in inflation]].
6: ...he UK, took until the 1990s to achieve stable low inflation rates again suggests there may well be something ...
8: ... last year; '''p''' is this year's actual rate of inflation, and '''Z''' is the partial adjustment coefficie...

Bracket creep (518 bytes)
1: ...Bracket creep''' describes the process by which [[inflation]] pushes wages and salaries into higher [[tax bra...
3: ...ries rise in nominal terms under the influence of inflation they become more highly taxed, even though in rea...

Incomes policy (1419 bytes)
1: ...an be complementary solutions for relatively mild inflation. They work best for those sectors of the economy ...
3: ...ges, solving a [[market failure]] that encourages inflation.

Scale invariance (463 bytes)
3: ...ell explained by the theory of [[cosmic inflation|inflation]].

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