Which of the two is better- inflation or deflation? Inflation is a phenomenon of rising prices without causing change in the levels of employment and output. Deflation, on the other hand, is a phenomenon of falling prices accompanied by a fall in the levels of employment and output. Both inflation and deflation are harmful for society and have undesirable economic [...]
In fact, there was no separate discipline known as macroeconomics before the publication of Keynes' revolutionary title- The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money in 1936. Although it was the first title on macroeconomics, the term macroeconomics was coined by the first Nobel Laureate economist Ragnar Frisch in 1933. Moreover, there is no such thing as the classical model [...]
The following article will guide you about the six main types of inflation. The types are: 1. True Inflation and Partial Inflation 2. Deficit-Induced Inflation and Wage-Induced Inflation 3. Creeping (or Persistent) Inflation and Runaway (or Galloping) Inflation 4. Currency Inflation and Credit Inflation 5. Profit Inflation and Commodity Inflation 6. Sellers' Inflation. Type # 1. True and Partial Inflation: [...]