A Note on the Competing Causes of High Inflation in Bulgaria during the 1990s: Money Supply or Exchange Rate?No abstract is available for this item.Sébastien CharlesJonathan MarieHALPost-Print
Central banks of developed economies, including theFederal Reservein the U.S., monitor inflation. Ifinflationoccurs too rapidly, it can push prices for basic necessities out of reach. Inflation also erodes consumer purchasing power, devalues currency, and can interfere with the ability to save. K...
The Federal Reserve generally strives to maintain what it calls ahealthy inflation rateof around 2% over the long term.Hyperinflation is an extreme case of inflation. Inflation higher than 5% is considered high inflation. Inflation of 50% or more per month is considered hyperinflation. The U.S....
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What Is Inflation?Learn more about how inflation functions in the economy. See all videos for this article Within weeks of Icesave’s failure, Iceland’s massively overleveraged banks had been virtually wiped out, its stock market had plummeted roughly 90 percent, and the country, unable to co...
The Future of Commerce report found that 39% of brands say shipping and manufacturing delays and shipping costs will continue to be a top supply-chain-related challenge over the next 12 months. The top causes of these issues include economic uncertainty, inflation, and shortages of raw materials...
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All these factors combined to produce and prolong a deep recession in the United States. From the beginning of the recession in December 2007 to its official end in June 2009, real gross domestic product (GDP)—i.e., GDP as adjusted for inflation or deflation—declined by 4.3 percent, and...
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Stagflation is the combination of slow economic growth, high unemployment, and a high rate of inflation.