《被物价支配的经济史》第1章之通货膨胀和通货紧缩（Inflation and deflation in chapter 1 of the economic history of commodity prices）.docVIP

《被物价支配的经济史》第1章之通货膨胀和通货紧缩（Inflation and deflation in chapter 1 of the economic history of commodity prices） Below is often emphasize the economic term words - with the consumer price index inflation (plus), or simply the inflation, it refers to the general price level rising phenomenon. The term that corresponds to inflation is deflation, a phenomenon that continues to decline in general prices. As you can see from the definition, inflation and deflation are two cases of price changes, but also note that they are only two special cases. Prices may change forever, but not all price changes are inflation or deflation. Defined in the general price level, refers to the price must include all goods and services, including local, individual prices of commodities or services (down) and seasonal, accidental or temporary price (down), cannot be called inflation (deflation). In general, inflation is a kind of morbid economic phenomenon, the normal prices, such as to promote the quality of goods or services, the rising cost of some important resources, as well as the national price reform in order to adjust the unreasonable price caused by rising prices, and should not count as inflation. The relative understanding of deflation can be made. The consumer price index is both a good measure of the cost of living and one of the most useful indicators of inflation or deflation. Consumer price index (cpi) although not cover all of the goods and services, but it inspects the consumption bundle is tens, at the same time, the economists also thinks, in the consumer price index (cpi) of goods and services within and outside of the goods and services has a positive correlation on the price, so, the consumer price index can well reflect the change of the general price level. The formula for calculating the inflation rate of the consumer price index is: Inflation rate = current consumer price index - base period consumer price index x 100% Also, inflation rate is the percentage change rate