Readers Question: why should nominal GDP be corrected for the effects of inflation? Suppose your annual salary went from £20,000 a year to £40,000 a year. Does that mean you are better off? Can you buy twice as many goods? If there is zero inflation, if prices stay the same, then the answer is yes. …
Readers Question: However I was intrigued by something I read on the internet regarding Conservative plans to include housing costs in the Bank of England’s inflation target. Mortgage interest payments are included in the RPI measure of inflation. However, the official measure of inflation is currently the CPI. The CPI excludes mortgage interest payments. It …
Readers Question: Why is Inflation negative when prices are rising? In 2009, there was a brief period of negative inflation (RPI measure of inflation was negative) Often people ask, how come the inflation rate is negative when I notice prices rising? Firstly, if prices in the basket of goods used to measure inflation are rising, …
Readers Question: I have been learning about inflation for AS at the moment. I would like to know about whether inflation would be a short-term phenomenon as we were told inflation takes place when there is excess demand and price will rise, it will also encourage the company to produce more. Therefore, shouldn’t it be …
Readers Question: Low inflation but slow economic growth, if any, or GDP growth , with the risk of 2 digits inflation? Which one is a better option,or the least harmful? The choice is not enticing. These are some point to consider: At the moment the UK economy is experiencing inflation of 5% (above the target …
Readers Question: I understand why, generally, low inflation is considered to be a good thing and why high inflation is bad particularly if you have savings whose value in real terms then diminishes faster. What I do not understand is why inflation is not in fact a good thing for those of us in their …
Readers Question: If British industry was to become uncompetitive it would have the following adverse effects on the economy: one of them is a higher level of inflation. How to explain that? If British industry becomes uncompetitive it means that basically, the UK’s cost of production is rising faster than our international competitors. For example, …
2) what is repo and reverse repo rate and its effect on inflation The repo rate is the difference between the purchase price and reselling price of a security, expressed as a percentage. If commercial banks are short of money, they enter into an agreement with the Bank of England to sell their Treasury bills …