Inflation
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| - | # An act, instance of, or state of [[expansion]] or [[increase]] in [[size]], especially by injection of a gas. | + | |
| #: ''The '''inflation''' of the balloon took five hours.'' | #: ''The '''inflation''' of the balloon took five hours.'' | ||
| # An increase in the general level of prices or in the [[cost of living]]. | # An increase in the general level of prices or in the [[cost of living]]. | ||
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| # An increase in the quantity of [[money]], leading to a devaluation of existing money. | # An increase in the quantity of [[money]], leading to a devaluation of existing money. | ||
| # Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades. | # Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades. | ||
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| + | In [[economics]], '''inflation''' is a sustained increase in the [[price level]] of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. | ||
| + | # An act, instance of, or state of [[expansion]] or [[increase]] in [[size]], especially by injection of a gas. | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Hyperinflation]] | ||
| + | *[[Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic]] | ||
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In economics, inflation is a sustained increase in the price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of time.
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