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What Are The Causes Of Inflation? Can Government Control It? Discuss Which Economic Policies Are Appropriate For The Control Of Inflation.
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What Are The Causes Of Inflation? Can Government Control It? Discuss Which Economic Policies Are Appropriate For The Control Of Inflation. Inflation is a sustained rise in the average prices of goods within an economy, it can also be seen as a change in the purchasing power of money. Inflation can normally be divided into two types cost-push and demand-pull. Cost-push happens when prices are pulled up by rising costs, demand-pull happens when demand outstrips supply and prices will therefore have to rise to accommodate this. Monetarists argue that inflation is caused increases in the money supply, the total amount of money circulating in the economy at one time. This is as the believe that any increase in the money supply which is not in line with the growth in output of the economy will lead to inflation. If the money supply was increased in the short-run then consumer spending...
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