There is a universal problem in every economy in the world. It is a very big problem that

is costly and very hard to forecast. Just what is this economic nightmare? The answer is

inflation. It is the most significant factor or risk to economic growth. Here in the United States,

we haven’t had much inflation lately, but some wonder if inflation is being accurately measured

in today’s contemporary Economy. This is a question I will attempt to answer in this paper.

First off, what exactly is inflation? Inflation is a process in which the price level is rising

and money is losing value. Inflation does not occur when you have a one-time jump in price, but

rather an ongoing process where the price level is getting higher and higher over a period of time.

When this happens, the twelve pack of Coca-Cola that you could once buy with your $3.00, can

now only buy you a 6 pack because the value of your $3.00 went down. This is one of the effects

Inflation can result from either an increase in aggregate demand or a decrease in aggregate

supply. When this happens we may get demand-pull inflation or cost-push inflation. An increas

systems, and many other items get better every year. These items also seem to get more

borrowing and spending creates. Due to the excessive demand, producers and suppliers have

returns on investments, but they are taxed, so the effective tax rate rises. This therefore, weakens

So now you know some of the biases in the CPI. There are some consequences to the

incentives to raise their prices. As time goes by, prices spiral upward, leading to uncontrolled

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