| inflation | Rise in the price of goods and services that results from spending increases relative to the supply of goods The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is commonly used as a measure of inflation See also Consumer Price Index (CPI) | en |
| inflation | An increase in the amount of money or credit available relative to the amount of goods or services available Inflation causes an increase in the general price level of goods and services Over prolonged periods inflation can reduce the purchasing power of a dollar, making it worth less | en |
| inflation | increase in the supply of money in relation to the amount of goods available resulting in a rise in prices; act of filling with air or gas; state of being filled with air or gas isim | en |
| inflation | A rise in prices of goods and services, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, which is based on a "market basket" of about 400 goods and services Inflation can decrease the value of money Therefore, money today is worth less than money tomorrow | en |
| inflation | The increase in the cost of living (prices for goods and services) Inflation is measured as an annual average by the CPI (Consumer Price Index ) | en |
| inflation | The process by which the prices of goods and services rise in terms of money Sometimes you will read gold or silver inflation, which means that the price of goods in terms of silver rises, due to an increase in the quantity of gold or silver used as money | en |
| inflation | A rise in the prices of goods and services which occurs when economic demand exceeds supply The economy may grow so fast demand for products and services is greater than the available supply This situation causes prices to rise Over time, even with a relatively low inflation rate, the purchasing power of a dollar is reduced Things cost more; your dollar buys less | en |
| inflation | An increase in the cost of goods and services which, in turn, decreases the buying power of money over time Inflation is usually measured by the Consumer Price Index and Product Price Index | en |
| inflation | lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | en |
| inflation | the act of filling something with air | en |
| inflation | (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang | en |
| inflation | a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money" | en |
| inflation | A persistent upward movement in the general price of goods and services that ordinarily results in a decline of the purchasing power of a nation's currency Inflation resulting from government action to stimulate the economy is known as reflation Disinflation is a downward movement of wages and prices that erases the effects of a previous round of price increases Price inflation is most likely to set in under either one (or a combination) of the following conditions: 1) an increase in demand at a time when supply of labor is tight and industrial capacity is fully utilized; 2) a lack of congruence between increases in wage rates and increases in productivity; 3) a sharp decline in the sources of supply; and 4) a rise in money supply faster than output increases | en |
| inflation | a sustained increase in the general price level | en |
| inflation | A general rise in the prices of goods and services | en |
| inflation | An increase in the general price level of goods and services; alternatively, a decrease in the purchasing power of the dollar | en |
| inflation | the number of dollars in circulation exceeds the amount of goods and services available for purchase; inflation results in a decrease in the dollar's value | en |
| inflation | The average rate of increase in prices When economists speak of inflation as an economic problem, they generally mean a persistent increase in the general price level over a period of time, resulting in a decline in a currency's purchasing power Inflation is usually measured as a percentage increase in the consumer price index | en |
| inflation | An increase in the general price level of goods and services; alternatively, a decrease in the purchasing power of a dollar | en |
| inflation | An increase in the amount of money or credit available in relation to the amount of goods or services available, which causes an increase in the general price level of goods and services Over time, inflation reduces the purchasing power of a dollar, making it worth less | en |
| inflation | Inflation is a general increase in the prices of goods and services in a country. rising unemployment and high inflation. an inflation rate of only 2.2%. In cosmology, a hypothesized period of exponential expansion of the universe, shortly after the big bang, which may account for some of the universe's observed properties, such as the distribution of energy and matter. Grand unified theories of the forces of nature suggest that inflation could have occurred during the first 10^-32 second after the universe began, when the strong force was decoupling from the weak and electromagnetic forces. During this time, the universe would have expanded by more than 100 orders of magnitude. Interpreted in the context of general relativity, inflation occurred while the universe existed in a state of nonzero energy density (false vacuum). In economics, increases in the level of prices. Inflation is generally thought of as an inordinate rise in the general level of prices. Four theories are commonly used to explain inflation. The first and oldest, the quantity theory, promoted in the 18th century by David Hume, assumes that prices will rise as the supply of money increases. Milton Friedman refined the quantity theory in the mid-20th century, arguing that the prescription for stable prices is to increase the money supply at a rate equal to that at which the economy is expanding. A second approach is John Maynard Keynes's theory of income determination, which assumes that inflation occurs when the demand for goods and services is greater than the supply. It calls for the government to control inflation by adjusting levels of spending and taxation and by raising or lowering interest rates. A third approach is the cost-push theory. It traces inflation to a phenomenon known as the price-wage spiral, in which workers' demands for wage increases lead employers to increase prices to reflect their higher costs, thereby sowing the seeds of a further round of wage demands. A fourth approach is the structural theory, which emphasizes structural maladjustments in the economy, as when in developing countries imports tend to increase faster than exports, pushing down the international value of the developing country's currency and causing prices to rise internally. See also deflation, price index | en |
| inflation | An increase in the general price level of goods and services; alternatively, a decrease in purchasing power of the dollar | en |
| inflation | A rise in the prices of goods and services | en |
| inflation | A general increase in prices of goods and services | en |
| inflation | We refer to increases in the price of goods and services over time as inflation | en |
| inflation | The rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising Inflation has an uncanny ability to erode the value of securities that don't grow fast enough That's why investing only in a money market fund can be more risky than it appears on the surface If inflation is rising at 3% a year and your money market is growing at 5% or 6%, you won't have much money left over for your retirement Measures of inflation include the consumer price index (CPI) and the producer price index (PPI) See "Monday Nights at Denny's " BACK TO TOP | en |
| inflation | A rate of increase in the general price level of all goods and services (This should not be confused with increases in the prices of specific goods relative to the prices of other goods ) | en |
| inflation | an increase in the volume of money and credit relative to available goods and services resulting in a continuing rise in the general price level | en |
| inflation | An increase in the general level of prices | en |
| inflation | An act, instance of or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas | en |
| inflation | An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorised to have occurred very shortly after the big bang | en |
| inflation | Expansion in the money supply beyond the increase in available goods and services. Often misunderstood to mean a rise in prices, which generally accompanies such an expansion | en |
| inflation | sufflation | en |
| inflation | The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement | en |
| inflation | the act of filling something with air (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money | en |
| inflation | The general price increase for all goods in the economy taken as a whole, expressed as an annual percentage Also see escalation | en |
| inflation | The general price increase of goods and services in an economy | en |
| inflation | Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; said of currency | en |
| inflation | The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity | en |