3. LITERATURE REVIEW
A. Introduction
Inflation is said to be not a new topic in research, it has been there for a while. This section looks at different theories of inflation and expiations on the effect of inflation and the framework.
B. Theories of Inflation
There have been various economists that have explained the inflationary situation in an economy. This section will focus on the literature review 4 of theories of inflation. This includes Keynesian approach; cost push theory and demand pull theory.
1. The Keynesian Approach
According to Keynesian economists deficit budget has no inflationary pressures, but it affects the price level by impact on aggregate money and consumer expectations. Keynesian view was that if there is a short
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Cost Push Theory
Cost push theory is where inflation is due to direct result of increase in the cost of production that is increase in prices of raw materials, increase in labour cost (wages & salaries). Cost push inflation can be also defined as prices have been “pushed up’ due to increase in price for factors of production. So as the cost push theory says inflation is caused by increase in cost of production factors, this leads to decrease in the demand for raw materials, which leads to decrease in production and demand stays consistent, than this leads to increase in price (inflation).
The figure 1.0 shows what happens in the cost push theory. If the firm is operating at point Q1, P1 any increase in price for factors of production will lead to increase in price that is moving from point P1 to P2 quantity supplied decreases due to increase in cost for factors of production moving from Q1 to Q2. As firm’s main aim is to make and increase profits, they will need to increase price, and this causes
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As the interested customers will be willing to pay higher prices to purchase these goods. This theory is also part of Keynesian argument.
The figure 2.0 shows what happens in demand pull inflation. So as the demand increases the prices also increases moving from AD1 to AD3. Figure 2.0
C. Effects of Inflation
Firstly, due to inflation the value of money falls. This means that the $1 that use to buy the goods before, if used in inflationary period that same $1 will buy less goods than before. So in other words purchasing power of the money has fallen.
Secondly, income and wealth are not distributed effectively. Inflation has pervasive effect on the people who largely depend on fixed income; like salary earners and pensioners. Due to this the borrowers gain while lenders lose.
Thirdly, crisis in balance of payment can arise. Due to inflation people prefer to sell goods rather than buying goods.
Finally, economy will have low economic growth. Most of the firms will not want to borrow money and expend their business or buy fixed assets. This is because during inflation interest rate is high, so firms do not expend their business, so low growth and
This resulted out of control inflation where paper money downgrade the value of its worth. Failed to pay close attention and monitor the spending resulted in a semi depression.
Since the money was tied to gold reserve, and the amount of this metal was limited, there occurred a shortage of money, and hence the shortage of effective demand for goods and services. Further, in the chain reaction: a sharp drop in prices for goods (deflation), bankruptcy of enterprises, unemployment, protective duties on imported goods, fall of consumer demand, and a sharp drop in living standards. before the beginning of the Great Depression the rate of the U.S. gold reserve growth was slower than the development of economy. This led to the emergence of hidden inflation, as the government printed new money for the rapid growth of the economy. Thus, as Edsforth states the dollar’s gold supply was undermined, the budget deficit grew, and the Federal Reserve System lowered the discount rate.
What are the great resolution and the great depression really? The great depression was in 1929, but the great revolution was in 1688. The great depression did not just affect the U.SA.(Szostak 22). The great depression and the great revolution where both big problems for the U.S.A., but they were both the same different time periods.
Many of them, like the WPA, spent lots of many making new jobs or building roads and other buildings. One overall effect of the government practicing the act of deficit spending could cause inflation. During the Great Depression, many people had already gone poor due to the stock market flash. If inflation were to occur it would give the people that lost their money a hard time to buy food, which means supporting a family. In other cases, deficit spending could also cause the taxes to increase to drain extra money out of the economy (Investopedia, 2017).
1. Introduction Income inequality has grown significantly during this past decades and this phenomenon continues to increase over the years. This problem is constantly discussed in the daily news all around the world. Several consequences of this increase of inequality between people leads to economic problems such as high unemployment rates, lack of work for young people, fall of demand for certain product. The gap between rich and poor is increasing, the rich are richer and the poor are poorer as a result politicians and economists try to adopt certain policies in order to reduce this gap.
A budget surplus occurs when tax revenue is greater than government spending. Therefore, the government can use the surplus revenue to pay off the national debt. Budget surpluses are quite rare in modern economies because of the temptation for politicians to spend more money and cut taxes.
There has been several Different ideas to keep inflation
Supply is defined as the quantity a producer will supply at a given price. A supply curve shows the relationship between the price and the quantity supplied. The law of supply says that “ as price of a good increases the quantity supplied increases”. There is a positive relationship between the price and quantity
Keynesian economic theory relies on spending and aggregate demand to define the economic marketplace. Keynesian economists believe the aggregate demand is
His observation on Great Depression arose from the lack of ability to boost the aggregate demand. During the crisis period, economy could not achieve full employment balance, the supply could not create its own demand. At this point the main argument of Keynesian theory on economic crises is that economical shrinkages are generally arisen from the huge drops in the demand. Aggregate demand refers to sum of all consumptions, investments and public expenditures. In his opinion, state should increase the aggregate demand by applying some fiscal and monetary policies.
On the other hand, inflation rates have a negative effect on the growth of the advertising industry. Inflation rates affect the prices of goods and services which also affects the purchasing power. If the purchasing power of the consumers decline, manufacturing industries will experience low returns. They will shift the burden to the advertising industry by reducing investment in the industry and therefore affecting growth. The other economic factors also affect growth in one way or another (FME, 2013).
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW INFLATION (InvestorWords, 2015) stated that inflation is the increase in the general price level of goods and services in economy, normally caused by excess supply of money. Inflation usually measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). When the cost of producing goods and services goes up, the purchasing power of dollar will decrease. A customer will not be able to purchase the same goods and services as he/she previously could.
Exercise 3 Introduction Push and pull are strategic supply chain decisions can that are as a results of the impacts of operational, product and demand related variables (Wanker and Zinn, 2004). The push strategy moves products based on planning or forecasting whereas the pull strategy moves products as a results of real demand (Ballou, 1992). Thus in a push system, the products are pushed through the supply chain channel right from production to the retailer. The manufacturer builds its production based on historical ordering patterns and forecasting. Due to this it takes a longer time for this system to respond to changes in demand which results in overstocking, bottlenecks and bullwhip effect in the system.
ROLE OF MONEY IN MACROECONOMICS 1. Introduction Money can be seen as the medium of exchange which is acceptable while transaction is being undertaken between two parties. Some of the common forms of money are: - Commodity money: This is when the value of the good represents its value in terms of money like gold or silver. - Fiat money: This is when the value of the good is less than the value it represents - Bank money: It is the accounting credits that can be used by the depositor Money serves a variety of crucial functions in the economy and this is why it has gained an unparalleled influence in the matters of economy at micro as well as macro levels. Some of the features of money that make it so important for any economy are as follows:
This is also where price mechanism takes place because any changes in demand and supply, will affect the price, and eventually balancing the demand to be equal to supply. This is the reason why consumers and producers have no control over the price, and in this situation, everyone is considered as price takers. This causes a horizontal line in the demand curve for the firm’s product(s), as can be seen in Figure 1 (b). Figure 1 There are barely any barriers to enter this market, making it easy to enter and exit according to the firm’s capabilities.