Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Apurva Sahay
06.07.2019
Inflation
• What is inflation?
– Significant rise in price in sustainable manner
– Excess of demand over supply which leads to price rise.
– Decrease in supply
• Shortage of factors of production (land, labour, capital)
• Hoarding by traders
• Increase in export
Cost Push inflation
– Increase in cost of production
– Increase in wages
– Increase in taxes in raw materials & finished goods
– Increase in profit
Stages of Inflation
• Pre-full employment stage: increase in money supply
leads price increase which encourages production and
increases employment