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Module Types of Inflation, Disinflation, and Deflation

33. Module Types of Inflation, Disinflation, and Deflation. KRUGMAN'S MACROECONOMICS for AP*. Margaret Ray and David Anderson. What you will learn in this Module :. The classical model of the price level

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Module Types of Inflation, Disinflation, and Deflation

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  1. 33 ModuleTypes ofInflation, Disinflation,and Deflation • KRUGMAN'S • MACROECONOMICS for AP* Margaret Ray and David Anderson

  2. What you will learnin thisModule: • The classical model of the price level • Why efforts to collect an inflation tax by printing money can lead to high rates of inflation and even hyperinflation • The types of inflation: cost-push and demand-pull

  3. The Classical Model of Money and Prices • %∆ M = %∆ PL • Classical Model of the Price Level (E to E’’)...Good assumption given high inflation • Classical Model ignores short-run changes ( E to E’)... Poor assumption given low inflation.

  4. The Inflation Tax • Independent central banks issue fiat money • Monetizing the debt • Seignorage • Inflation Tax

  5. The Logic of Hyperinflation • Impact of inflation tax on people’s decision to hold money • Why print large sums of money? • Taxi analogy • Substituting commodities for currency

  6. Moderate Inflation and Disinflation • Cost-push inflation • Demand-pull inflation • Politically motivated inflation • Disinflation? Former Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan

  7. The Output Gap and the Unemployment Rate • Output Gap • Actual Output = Potential Output .: Actual Unemployment = Natural Rate of Unemployment • Actual Output > Potential Output .: Actual Unemployment < Natural Rate of Unemployment • Actual Output < Potential Output .: Actual Unemployment > Natural Rate of Unemployment

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