
What Causes Inflation and Deflation?
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The Psychology of Inflation
Inflation is that average increase in the price of goods and services. Who decides what the prices are? Well, those are businesses. And here's where inflation gets a little bit tricky because we make decisions based on psychological factors. When individuals believe that inflation is gonna take hold, you don't wanna hold any money. The other thing that influence inflation is just global supply and demand of commodities.
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