ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Inflation is the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time. Inflation is typically a broad measure, such as the overall increase in prices or the increase in the cost of living in a country.

Detailed explanation-2: -Inflation is the increase in the prices of goods and services over time. Inflation cannot be measured by an increase in the cost of one product or service, or even several products or services. Rather, inflation is a general increase in the overall price level of the goods and services in the economy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Inflation is the rate at which prices for goods and services rise. Inflation is sometimes classified into three types: demand-pull inflation, cost-push inflation, and built-in inflation. The most commonly used inflation indexes are the Consumer Price Index and the Wholesale Price Index.

Detailed explanation-4: -Inflation has caused the cost of many goods in the US to increase significantly in the past year. This chart shows the overall price changes of selected goods during this period using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The most significant change is the cost of school lunches, which rose by over 254%.

Detailed explanation-5: -In this economy, inflation can impose only two real costs: the less efficient arrangement of transactions that result from holding smaller money balances and the necessity to change posted prices more frequently (the so-called menu costs).