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Understanding of economic inflation
Determine the inflation rate is in the general price level continued to rise. This means that, in life and the people need more money to purchase the same goods would be increased costs.
How is a measure of inflation?
In order to measure inflation, government price surveys and investigations to find out, a typical shopping basket.
The first thing to do government, if inflation, a typical basket of goods measured was found. ThisBe able to share the goods, depending on their influence. For example, 12%, the total cost of gasoline account for the basket. Spending on clothing, 7% and 1% of mineral water costs. Which, of course, if gasoline prices rise, it will be even more important is the mineral water.
Every month, the Government will review the prices. The number of price changes will mulitiplied by commodity. These can be in the price index, the example in the UK will be convertedConsumer Price Index CPI is to use.
Problems in measuring inflation,
1. The quality of the product may change. As the price of mobile phones, but this may be due to inflation which can improve the function of the mirror.
2. Some consumers have different effective rates of inflation. Consumers who smoke will be done through raising the price of cigarettes. Old people in the family who live under the cold, more exposed to energy price increases. Young people can benefit fromConsumer prices
Questions / inflation costs - Why inflation is bad?
Prices on the economy created uncertainty. When the inflation rate, and is often unstable and unpredictable. These companies continue to invest because they can not determine their own future and the future costs. The lower cost of capital leading to lower long-term economic growth. High-inflation countries tend to have worse economicIn the medium term.
Inflation growth is not sustainable. If the economy is growing faster than the long-term trend growth rate lead to inflation, with the rise in demand faster than supply. In order to reduce the inflation rate, will increase the interest rate monetary policy, which will reduce inflationary pressure, but at a lower cost of growth. It may even cause long-term long-term decline. Continued low inflation rate will help to avoid big ups and downs in the economy.
Menu cost.This is a change in inventory costs. If prices rise, it needs time to update the price tag. This is less with the modern technology.
Shoes cost. When the inflation rate, people spend more time and effort to find the lowest price
Decline in exports. If a country's inflation rate is higher than its major trading partners, there would not be competitive and for sale, minus export.
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What are the new 2006 store? Research institutes have predicted, but the oil price instability, may lead to turn a positive prediction.
According to Michael Maciekowich, director of the National Astronomy solution, enterprises need to carefully check the eyes to the 2006 salary budget projections. "While inflation and unemployment remained stable in 2005, this change can be used as we are in 2006, has been strengthened.'s A barrel of oil, and now the priceIn the more than 60 U.S. dollars in price, may end up voting for the unemployed in the country influence. If consumers are spending the cash available outside of the non-durable goods, such as electronic transfer, fuel pump, the company can end the surplus of goods to enable them to reduce production. These events may lead to layoffs and rising unemployment. Rising unemployment, often leading to the weakening of the wage increase, due to labor supply. "
However, economists in the federal statesGovernment is optimistic. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that the economy is a healthy growth rate. In considering the impact of inflation, according to the Congressional Budget Office, real gross domestic product (GDP), which is a country of all goods and services, the total value of annual production from 3.7% before 2006 which is 2% Point 9 of the pace.
What to say, the latest economic forecast, we expect the conditions in the coming yearCompensation budget plan? The Congressional Budget Office projected at 1.9% (2.4% and in 2005 the consumer price index) and the percentage change in the unemployment rate of 5.2% (no change compared with 2005).
Should be the year 2005-06 WorldatWork Salary Budget Survey, we estimate that in 2006 a slight decrease the use of variable pay programs to be seen. In 2005, the average economic incentives was 12.7%, employees will be exempted. 1 shows that the average household in 2006, forecasting a possible decline in incentive12.2%.
The following table is a summary of this year 2006, the average wage of 12 large enterprise groups in the interim budget level. These amounts are salary adjustments, including the benefits, promotion, market and stock markets. This table information is recently published by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, the U.S. Conference Board and the World Association of remuneration were collected.
Industry
2006 Basic Pay Adjustment
Legal and accounting services
4.0%
Business andInformation Services
3.9%
Computer software services
3.8%
Finance and banking
3.7%
Hospitality
3.7%
Insurance
3.7%
Healthcare
3.6%
Make
3.6%
Retail
3.6%
Transportation
3.6%
Education
3.3%
Property
3.3%
The following is the planned execution of a formal salary range or industry structure adjustment of wage levels of the exemption:
(Source:2005-06 WorldatWork Salary Budget Survey)
Industry
The 2006 budget salary structure adjustment
Transportation
3.6%
Property
3.1%
Hospitality
2.7%
Make
2.7%
Healthcare
2.5%
Retail
2.5%
Finance and banking
2.4%
Insurance
2.4%
Construction
2.3%
Business and Information Services
2.2%
Education
2.2%
Curious, how it compares to the U.S.The rest of the world? The following statistics are from the Chief Resources Ltd. (Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link) 2005-06 wage growth forecasts. When you start your own budget adjustments, the introduction of Zimbabwe can only be thankful you do not pay employees!
National
2006 inflation forecast
In 2006, an increasePlan
Australia
2.5%
4.0%
Belgium
1.6%
3.0%
Brazil
7.4%
6.9%
Canada
2.3%
3.0%
China
3.6%
5.1%
Egypt
9.6%
9.8%
Finland
0.5%
2.0%
France
1.8%
3.8%
Greece
2.8%
4.5%
IrishRepublic
2.6%
3.4%
Italy
2.0%
3.8%
Japan
0.1%
2.0%
Mexico
4.4%
6.0%
Nigeria
16.1%
16.2%
Norway
1.2%
3.5%
Puerto Rico
2.7%
4.0%
Russia
8.2%
10.0%
Spain
2.8%
5.1%
Sweden
0.8%
3.0%
United Kingdom
1.8%
3.2%
United States of America
2.6%
4.2%
Zimbabwe
120.0%
120.0%