Inflation refers to a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money. There are different types of inflation including open, suppressed, galloping, and hyperinflation. Inflation is caused by factors on both the demand side, like increases in money supply and income, and supply side, like rises in administered prices. Effects of inflation include effects on earnings and employment, allocation of income and wealth, production, and governments. Inflation is measured using consumer and producer price indices. Measures to control inflation include monetary policy tools like credit control, fiscal policy like increasing taxes, and other measures like price controls and increasing production.

1. Inflation

2. Content
 Introduction
 Definition
 Types of inflation
 Causes of inflation
 Effect of inflation
 How is inflation measured
 Consequences of inflation
 Measures of inflation

3. Introduction
 Inflation is defined as a sustained increase in the price level or a
fall in the value of money.
 When the level of currency of a country exceeds the level of
production, inflation occurs.
 Value of money depreciates with the occurrence of inflation.

4. Definition
 According to C. CROWTHER, “Inflation is state in which the value of
money is falling and the price are rising.”
 In economics, the word inflation refers to general rise in prices
measured against a standard level of purchasing power.

5. Types of inflation

6. Open inflation
The rate where costs
rise due to economic
trends of spending
products and
services.

7. Suppressedinflation
Existing inflation disguised by
government price controls or
other interferences in the
economy such as subsidies.
Such suppression , nevertheless
, can only be temporary
because no governmental
measure can completely
contain accelerating inflation in
the long run. It is also called
Repressed inflation.

8. Galloping inflation
Very rapid inflation
which is almost
impossible to
reduce.

9. Creeping inflation
Circumstance where the
inflation of a nation increases
gradually, but continually, over
time. This tends to be a
typically pattern for many
nations. Although the increase
is relatively small in the short-
term, as it continues over time
the effect will become greater
and greater.

10. Hyper inflation
Hyperinflation is caused
mainly by excessive deficit
spending (financed by
printing more money) by a
government, some
economists believe that
social breakdown leads to
hyperinflation (not vice
versa), and that its root lie
in political rather than
economic causes.

11. Causes of inflation
FACTORS ON DEMAND SIDE:
 Increase in money supply
 Increase in disposable income
 Deficit financing
 Foreign exchange reserves

12. Contd…
FACTORS ON SUPPLY SIDE
 Rise in administered prices
 Erratic agriculture growth
 Agricultural price policy
 Inadequate industrial growth.

13. Effect of inflation
Effect of
inflation
Effects on
earning and
employment
Effect on
allocation of
income and
wealth
Effect on
production
Effect on
government
investments

14. Effect of inflation
 They add inefficiencies in the market, and make it difficult for companies to
budget or plan long-term.
 Uncertainty about the future purchasing power of money discourages
investment and saving.
 There can also be negative impacts to trade from an increased instability in
currency exchange prices caused by unpredictable.
 Higher income tax rate.
 Inflation rate in the economy is higher than rates in other countries; this
will increase imports and reduce exports, leading to a deficit in the balance
of trade.

15. How is inflation measured?
The two ways of measuring inflation are :
Consumer price index
(CPI)
A measure of price changes in
consumer goods and services such
as gasoline, food, clothing and
automobiles. The CPI measures
price change from the perspective
of the purchaser.
Producer price index (PPI)
A family of indexes that measures
the average change over time in
selling prices by domestic
producers of goods and services.
PPIs measures price change from
the perspective of the seller.

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17. Consequences of inflation
 Adverse effect on production
 Adverse effect on distribution of income
 Obstacle to development
 Changes in relative prices
 Adverse effect on the B.O.P.

18. Measures of inflation
1. MONETARY POLICY
 Credit control
 Demonetization of currency
 Issue of new currency
2. FISCAL POLICY
 Reduction in unnecessary expenditure
 Increase in tax
 Increase in savings
 Surplus budget
 Public debt
3. OTHER MEASURES
 To increase production
 Rational wage policy
 Price control

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