Chapter6: Macroeconomic Measurements, Part I: Prices And Unemployment
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Distinguish between the general inflation rate and the average inflation rate for specific goods?
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Inflation refers to an economic phenomenon during which a continuous increase in the general prices of goods and services is experienced. The increase in the general price level damages the purchasing power of the currency as the nominal value of a unit of currency after inflation fails to claim the same amount of goods and/or services that it did without inflation.
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