12. inrtation
Chapter Key Ideas
From Rome to Rio de Janeiro
‘A. Inflaion isa very old problem and some counties even in recent times have experienced rates as
high as 40 percent per month
B. The United
C. Why docs inflation occur, how do our expectations of inflation influence the evonomy, i there a
tuadeoff between inflation and unemployment, and how docs inflation affect the interest rate?
tates has low inflation now, bur during the 1970s the price level doubled.
Outline
|. Inflation and the Price Level FIGURE 12.1 Inflation Versus a One-Time
A. Inflation is a process in which the price Rise in the Price Level
Level i rising and money i losing value
1. Inflation is arise in the price lve, hoe
notin the price ofa particular
‘commodity, ae (ii ateg
2. Figure 12.1 illustrates the woe pice!
distinction between inflation and a
‘one-time tise in the price level, gue
3. The inflation rte isthe percentage g *
‘change in the price level: that is, the B10
inflation rate is (P,—P)IP] «100 |
where P, isthe current price level *
ann P, last yea’ price keel a
4, Inflation can result from either an Year -
increase in aggregate demand—