Healthy, growing economies will always experience slight fluctuations in inflation.
Inflation, as we discussed in a previous post, is an economic condition where there is a sustained rise in the prices of products and services (or, in some cases, the sustained fall in the value of currency).
But while controlled inflation is a product of economic growth, inflation can be treacherous when taken to extremes.
In this post, we’ll discuss two dangerous types of inflation: stagflation and hyperinflation.
Stagflation occurs when there is a sustained period of high inflation combined with high unemployment and no economic growth. A seemingly contradictory condition, stagflation is characterized by a simultaneous rise in prices and a decline in economic output. Stagflation rarely occurs in a normal market economy, as a slow economy typically reduces consumer demand, driving prices down.
If you look at the components of Stagflation below, it doesn't seem like...
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