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Learn about inflation and how it impacts the value of dollars. Discover the formula to calculate inflation and understand its effects on prices. Explore examples of high inflation countries.
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INFLATION: Increases in Price Level • Inflation (on an annual basis) is the percent change in the average price level for the year Monthly Inflation = 100% x (CPI now – CPI last month)/ CPI last month Annualized = x 12
Effects of Inflation • Effects of inflation: • $10 item after 1 year of inflation @ • 2% = $10.20 • 10% = $11 • 100% = $20 • 1000% = $110 • 10,000% = $1100 • 1 million % = • Formula is P*(1 + decimal inflation rate)
HIGH INFLATION COUNTRIES (cia world fact book) Uzbekistan 12% 2012 est. Uganda 19% 2012 est. Guiena 15% 2012 est. Venezuela 26% 2012 est. Sudan 31% 2012 est. South Sudan 79% 2012 est. Belarus 59% 2012 est. Zimbabwe 26,470 2007 est.
Factors influencing inflation: Supply and Demand for Money