Layman's economics
Understanding frequently used terms in in very simple ye conceptual way :- INFLATION AND DEFLATION:- Inflation-"It is the sustained increase in the general price level" of basket of commodities and service. Remember a saying Commodities and services are real and not the money, eg Let two years back cost of one marker was Rs 10 and now it has increased to Rs 20.So it simply means that now yer Rs 10 can buy only half of that commodity, this means that value of money w.r.t has decreased ( this is w.r.t within a country nothing to do with foreign ). Similarly Deflation means "value of money has increased". For example let a creditor gives a loan of 10,000 to a debtor and then next yr inflation occurs then if the debtor returns 10000 to creditor, it means creditor loses and debtor gains.So to tackle this the creditor increases the interest rates. Now what's a Inflation cycle ? Ans:- Price increase result in- profit- increase result in- ...