ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Cost-push inflation (also known as wage-push inflation) occurs when overall prices increase (inflation) due to increases in the cost of wages and raw materials. Higher costs of production can decrease the aggregate supply (the amount of total production) in the economy.

Detailed explanation-2: -When the aggregate supply of goods and services decreases because of an increase in production costs, it results in cost-push inflation. In order to compensate, the increase in costs is passed on to consumers, causing a rise in the general price level: inflation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cost-push inflation happens when there is a decline in the supply of goods and services and demand remains unchanged or even grows, driving prices and inflation higher.

Detailed explanation-4: -Demand pull inflation arises when the aggregate demand becomes more than the aggregate supply in the economy. Cost pull inflation occurs when aggregate demand remains the same but there is a decline in aggregate supply due to external factors that cause rise in price levels.

Detailed explanation-5: -Cost-push inflation occurs when the supply of a good or service changes, but the demand for it stays the same. It occurs most often when a monopoly exists, wages increase, natural disasters occur, regulations are introduced, or exchange rates change.