Money‚ Value of money‚ Inflation and Policy Responses Inflation: Inflation is a sustained increase in the cost of living or the average / general price level leading to a fall in the purchasing power of money. Causes of Inflation:–There are a few different reasons that can account for the inflation in our goods and services; let’s review a few of them. * Demand-pull inflation refers to the idea that the economy actual demands more goods and services than available. This
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Allowing for inflation and taxation Allowing for inflation As the inflation rate increases so will the minimum return required by an investor The nominal interest rate incorporates inflation. When the nominal rate of interest > rate of inflation = positive real rate. When the rate of inflation > nominal rate of interest = negative real rate. The relationship between real and nominal rates of interest is given by the Fisher formula: 1.2 Do we use the real rate or the nominal
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downturns‚ unemployment increases which leads to lower consumption of goods such as Apple’s products. This is one of the reasons why Apple had to manufacture their products off shore in order to maintain the product cost competitive. • High inflation rates make apples products more expensive‚ even though the income of consumers remains the same. This is the primary reason why Apple could not surpass their annual turnover in the last few years. Social Factors • Possessing devices
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Grade Inflation Former Stanford President Don Kennedy argues the grades themselves don’t matter–what’s important is the academic quality. Kennedy proposes that the letter grade students score in classes is irrelevant but rather the knowledge gained is what really matters (Kennedy). Teachers and student’s themselves have given letter grades a priority in education‚ losing sight of what is really important. Donald Caruth suggests that there has been an upward shift in grades without a corresponding
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How are Automatic Stabilizers Used to Combat Inflation? In today’s economy‚ there are devices present called automatic stabilizers. Automatic stabilizers‚ are mechanisms which aid in the correction of an economic problem without the interference of anyone or anything. They are perhaps most useful to combat demand - pull inflation. Demand - pull inflation‚ is when prices rise because the economy cannot produce enough goods to satiate the economy. An automatic stabilizer‚ that is beneficial
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Explain how inflation affects the functions of money. Inflation is the general increase in the price level over a period of time. Money is something that is generally acceptable in the exchange of goods and services. When inflation occurs‚ the value of money decreases as the same amount of money can’t buy the same amount of products like before. The purchasing power of money decreases. If the inflation rate is high and unanticipated‚ lots of problems can occur. People can lose confidence in
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drought‚ output and inflation understanding the nature and Causes of food inflation Ramesh Chand The main reason for the current surge in food prices is the supply shock due to the drought in 2009 and the carry-over effect of the low growth of food production in 2008-09. As the frequency of such shocks is expected to rise‚ India needs to have an effective food management strategy to deal with these episodes. It also needs to explore various other options for price stabilisation like maintaining
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employment rate on inflation. For this purpose data from 1995 to 2008 has been collected and analyzed through OLS technique. The result of the model shows that GDP growth rate and employment rate adequately affect inflation. With the increase in GDP and employment‚ inflation decreases. INTRODUCTION Inflation is a burning issue in Pakistan. It is generally felt that for several years Pakistan has had a double-digit inflation. The public sector has used a mix of policies to control inflation‚ and it is
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GOLD AS AN INFLATION HEDGE: A STUDY ON UNITED STATES 1. Introduction Inflation hedge can be defined as an investment designed to protect against inflation risk where such an investment ’s value will typically increase with inflation. There are many ways of investment to hedge against inflation and one of them is by taking gold as an inflation hedge. Gold is a type of commodities that is used for investment. Commodities are said to be the best way to hedge against inflation which reduce
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