Explain the Consequences of Inflation

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A) Explain the consequences of inflation One of the government’s macroeconomic goals is price stability, which could be rephrased as the governments desire to maintain a low and stable inflation rate. Inflation is a persistent, sutsainted increase in the average price level in the economy. If a government fails to meet this objection, and there is an occurrence of high inflation, there are several significant consequences. Firstly, there is loss of purchasing power. If the rate of inflation increases by a certain percentage, the average price of all goods and services in the economy has risen accordingly. This becomes negative when a person’s income is not linked to inflation rate, and, unlike the price of goods, remains constant. Techinically, this could be seen as an increase in real income. However, if inflation turns out to be higher than expected, even those with inflation-linked incomes may be negatively effected. Living standards are reduced. Secondly, saving is very likely to be affected. If the inflation rate turns out to be higher than your annual interest percentage, the real rate of interest, rate adjusted for inflation, will be negative. Your savings are not as valuable as before, discouraging people from saving, or encourage them into buying fixed assets. Ultimately, there are fewer savings available in the economy. Interest rates may also be affected by high inflation rates as banks choose to raise their nominal interest rates, to keep the real rate earned positive. Furthermore, the effect on international competitiveness may be that exports from country A become less competitive, and lower-inflation trading partner country B’s imports become more attractive to A. The result is fewer export revenues and increased expenditure on imports; trade imbalance. Lastly, there may be a lot of uncertainty due to increased nominal interest rates,

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