inflation (finance)

Inflation is an economic issue that affects all consumers when prices for goods and services start to rise. In this book, readers will learn about the causes and effects of inflation. Large-scale and real-life examples of inflation are also presented, including facts about pandemic-era impacts. Colorful and clear graphics, such as maps, charts, and infographics, give readers an alternative to text-heavy sources. Action-based activities will leave students with ideas for how inflation affects their lives. This book also includes a glossary, index, suggested reading and websites, and a bibliography.

This illuminating guide provides readers with an understanding of the nature of investing for retirement and the advantages of starting early.

Students will gain an understanding of the local, national, and global implications of supply and demand.

Students will learn how inflation is affected by supply and demand, how it existed long before paper currency, how it can be regulated, and how a lack of regulation can affect the economy.

Discusses inflation, what it is, what causes it, its effects on the rest of the economy, and its impact on everyday life.

Explains currency devaluation, its causes, and its effects.

Explains the economic concept of inflation and how it affects the average person, and suggests ways to plan an economic future.

Examines the double-digit inflation that hit the United States between 1960 and 1979 and the recession of 1981 and 1982, and the economic and social changes that occurred as aresult; and maintains that economists must understand the problems of the past in order to avoid the same issues in the future.

An overview of inflation, its causes, remedies, and world-wide implications.

Explains what inflation is, identifies its causes, describes how it is measured and controlled, looks at its effects, and provides a brief history of currency and inflation.