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* [[Inflation]], is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services over time. |
* [[Inflation]], is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services over time. |
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* Inflation meaning simply a [[price]] increase is used to refer to a rise in the price of some specific set of goods or services, as in "[[Commodity price index|commodities inflation]]",<ref>{{cite web|url = http://capmarketline.blogspot.com/2005/11/commodities-inflation.html |title = Capital Markets & Economic Analysis: Commodities Inflation |accessdate = 2008-08-11 |date = Thursday, November 03, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2006/05/commodity_price.html |title = Econbrowser: Commodity price inflation |accessdate = 2008-08-11}}</ref> "food inflation",<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/washington/08ethanol.html?scp=1&sq=food%20inflation&st=cse |title = E.P.A. Declines to Reduce the Quota for Ethanol in Cars - NYTimes.com |accessdate = 2008-08-11 |date = Published: August 7, 2008 |author = MATTHEW L. WALD}}</ref> or "house price inflation"<ref>{{cite web|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6729323.stm |title = BBC NEWS | Business | House price inflation easing off |accessdate = 2008-08-11 |date = <span class="lu">Last Updated:}}</ref>. The first two meanings of "inflation" are generally used side by side in the same article about inflation being a rise in the general level of prices. This adds to the general confusion to what inflation - which destroys the value of our money - really is. |
* Inflation meaning simply a [[price]] increase is used to refer to a rise in the price of some specific set of goods or services, as in "[[Commodity price index|commodities inflation]]",<ref>{{cite web|url = http://capmarketline.blogspot.com/2005/11/commodities-inflation.html |title = Capital Markets & Economic Analysis: Commodities Inflation |accessdate = 2008-08-11 |date = Thursday, November 03, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2006/05/commodity_price.html |title = Econbrowser: Commodity price inflation |accessdate = 2008-08-11}}</ref> "food inflation",<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/washington/08ethanol.html?scp=1&sq=food%20inflation&st=cse |title = E.P.A. Declines to Reduce the Quota for Ethanol in Cars - NYTimes.com |accessdate = 2008-08-11 |date = Published: August 7, 2008 |author = MATTHEW L. WALD}}</ref> or "house price inflation"<ref>{{cite web|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6729323.stm |title = BBC NEWS | Business | House price inflation easing off |accessdate = 2008-08-11 |date = <span class="lu">Last Updated:}}</ref>. |
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The first two meanings of "inflation" are generally used side by side in the same article about inflation being a rise in the general level of prices. This adds to the general confusion to what inflation - which destroys the value of our money - really is. |
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* [[Cosmic inflation]], the theory relating to the expansion of the universe. |
* [[Cosmic inflation]], the theory relating to the expansion of the universe. |
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* [[Inflatable]], anything designed to expand with the insertion of air |
* [[Inflatable]], anything designed to expand with the insertion of air |
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Revision as of 14:47, 17 August 2008
Look up inflation (disambiguation) in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Inflate can refer to:
- Inflation, is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services over time.
- Inflation meaning simply a price increase is used to refer to a rise in the price of some specific set of goods or services, as in "commodities inflation",[1][2] "food inflation",[3] or "house price inflation"[4].
The first two meanings of "inflation" are generally used side by side in the same article about inflation being a rise in the general level of prices. This adds to the general confusion to what inflation - which destroys the value of our money - really is.
- Cosmic inflation, the theory relating to the expansion of the universe.
- Inflatable, anything designed to expand with the insertion of air
- INFLATE, the algorithm that reverses DEFLATE compression.
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Inflation.
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- ^ "Capital Markets & Economic Analysis: Commodities Inflation". Thursday, November 03, 2005. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Econbrowser: Commodity price inflation". Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- ^ MATTHEW L. WALD (Published: August 7, 2008). "E.P.A. Declines to Reduce the Quota for Ethanol in Cars - NYTimes.com". Retrieved 2008-08-11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "BBC NEWS". Last Updated:. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
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