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imported>Doug Williamson m (Amend spelling of Consumer Prices Index. Source: UK Office for National Statistics, 2013, "Users and uses of consumer price inflation statistics".) |
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Consumer | * [[Consumer Prices Index]] | ||
* [[Cost-push inflation]] | * [[Cost-push inflation]] | ||
* [[Crawling peg system]] | * [[Crawling peg system]] | ||
Revision as of 11:58, 18 April 2014
1.
The rate at which prices are rising.
Usually measured in the UK by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI).
2.
A situation in which prices generally are rising.
This is the usual situation in most developed economies at most times.
Contrasted with the more unusual situation of Deflation, when prices generally are falling.
