Because the market basket has to be constant and a traditional CPI wonโt adjust for new products or increase in quality. Example, black&white vs 40-inch flat TV
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What is the inflation caused by people called? How would you define it?
Demand pull inflation - too much money chasing too few goods.
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On which condition do the prices rise?
Higher demand and lower supply.
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What does CPI stand for and what is it?
Consumer price index shows how the prices have changed between different years. CPI is the most commonly used measure of inflation.
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What negatively influenced the export of oil from Venezuela?
Economic mis-management and political instability
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What is the inflation cause by the decrease of availability of an important productive resource called?
Cost push inflation.
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Try to identify inflation.
Inflation is an increase in a currency supply relative to the number of people who are using it, resulting in rising prices of goods and services over time.
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What are NINJA LOANS?
NINJA stands for no interest, no job, no assets == sub-prime mortgages.
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What is โpurchasing powerโ?
The amount of physical goods that can be bought by a given amount of money.
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What are 2 causes for inflation?
1 If people have more money, they are going to bid up the prices for things, causing inflation. 2 The decrease of availability of a productive resource, as oil.
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What is the problem with a bubble?
It depends on an ever increasing supply of buyers, betting theyโll be able to sell for a higher price. Eventually, you run out of buyers and the bubble bursts.
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What are โbubblesโ?
Surges in asset prices to level significantly above the fundamental value of that asset.
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Who is the sugar granddaddy of all bubbles?
The Dutch tulip mania in the 1600s. Tulip gardens became a social fad among the wealthy, driving up their price. More people made money with the tulip action.