Advantages of a Low Inflation Environment
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Analyse the advantages of a low rate of inflation.
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Inflation
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I. 🍃Introduction
- Definition of low inflation
- Importance of low inflation in the economy
II. Effects of low inflation
A. Purchasing power
- Explanation of how low inflation may stop purchasing power from being reduced too much
- Explanation of how wages may keep pace with inflation
B. International price competitiveness
- Explanation of how low inflation may increase international price competitiveness
- Explanation of how this may lead to increased exports, reduced imports, and improved current account position
C. Certainty and stability
- Explanation of how low inflation may create greater certainty and stability
- Explanation of how this may encourage firms and MNCs to invest, increasing output, GDP, and employment while lowering unemployment
D. Encouraging saving
- Explanation of how low inflation may encourage saving
- Explanation of how this may provide funds for investment
E. Profit and expansion
- Explanation of how low inflation may raise profit if demand-pull
- Explanation of how this may encourage firms to expand, increasing employment and lowering unemployment
F. Redistribution of income
- Explanation of how low inflation may stop a random redistribution of income
- Explanation of how this may protect savers
G. Low menu costs
- Explanation of how low inflation may reduce pressure on firms' costs of production
III. 👉Conclusion
- Recap of the effects of low inflation
- Importance of maintaining low inflation in the economy.
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