Some of the more successful deficit-cutting programmes were accompanied by falls in inflation and interest rates.
Reigning in inflation and providing affordable housing are important steps to foster a growing middle class.
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In many countries, the transition from CTT to VAT has witnessed a spurt in inflation.
Chinese technocrats have been, in various ways, draining money from the economy to rein in inflation.
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Even small increases in inflation destroy large amounts of the wealth of American households.
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When credit booms show up in inflation, central banks are typically quick to react.
In inflation-adjusted terms, total compensation was 2.8 percent higher this year than it was in 2002.
In inflation adjusted terms, companies are paying lower wages than they did back in 2002.
But underlying there is this pickup in inflation that is probably due to the currency policy.
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Despite the surge in inflation there are signs that the worst may be over soon.
So some portion of them invest in inflation protected gilts rather than non-inflation protected ones.
In the long term, prices will rise and nothing will be any different in inflation-adjusted terms.
Another significant factor influencing medium-term trends in inflation is the public's expectations of inflation.
The result has been a fall in inflation from 10.1% in 2000 to 0.7% in 2003.
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Yet there has also been a genuine convergence, both in inflation rates and in public finances.
The deep discounting of passenger vehicles is in line with the larger-than-anticipated fall in inflation last month.
The markets have estimated a reduction in inflation in China and Brazil starting in the second half.
The drop in overall inflation came on the heels of a drop in wholesale inflation for October.
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However, concerns of intermittent spikes in inflation still remain due to regular increases in state-set fuel prices.
In inflation adjusted terms, the amount spent on employee health insurance has risen 30.4 percent since 2002.
Indeed, adjusting for differences in inflation over time, most Asian currencies still look cheap against the yen.
This has not yet prompted the spike in inflation that some feared, but it remains a gamble.
Sacrificing growth in the short term is "inevitable" as the RBI strives to rein in inflation, he added.
Damaging a currency's worth results in inflation, huge wage cuts, catastrophic interest rates, bankrupt businesses and destroyed savings.
The measure supposedly captures all components of market risk, including changes in inflation, interest rates, currencies and commodities.
Charitable giving increased between 2009 and 2010 by about 3.8% (in current dollars) and 2.1% (in inflation-adjusted dollars).
Money now hiding in inflation hedges would once again be available to invest in productive, job creating companies.
But the central bank indicated that further rate cuts were possible, citing concerns about further falls in inflation.
These included a rise in inflation and a predicted increase in schools' fixed costs over the next year.
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The risks of a 1970-style surge in inflation (and the accompanying slump in profits) are thus much lower.
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