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Inflation rate
Inflation rateThe percentage amount that prices (e.g. the retail price index) are higher than a year previously. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Retail Individual and institutional customers as opposed to dealers and brokers. Price The cost of a good or service to the consumer. Higher Adjective meaning greater, larger: e.g. higher prices; (cannot be used as a verb, instead use raise). SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Inflation A rise in the general level of prices, and an increase in the money supply. Inflation accounting Accounting practices allowing for the effects of inflation. Inflation escalator clause A clause in a contract providing for increases or decreases in inflation depending on fluctuations in the cost of living, production costs, and so forth. Inflation hedge Investments designed to hedge against inflation and the loss of purchasing power associated with it. Inflation indexed securities Securities such as bonds or notes that guarantee a return higher than the rate of inflation if the security is held to maturity. Inflation uncertainty The fact that future inflation rates are not known. It is a possible contributing factor to the makeup of the term structure of interest rates. Inflationary Causing inflation. Inflationary risk The uncertainty over the future real value (after inflation) of your investment. Inflexible expenses Expenses that cannot be adjusted or eliminated such as car payments or rental payments. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Inflation A rise in the general level of prices, and an increase in the money supply. Inflation accounting Accounting practices allowing for the effects of inflation. Inflation escalator clause A clause in a contract providing for increases or decreases in inflation depending on fluctuations in the cost of living, production costs, and so forth. Inflation hedge Investments designed to hedge against inflation and the loss of purchasing power associated with it. Inflation indexed securities Securities such as bonds or notes that guarantee a return higher than the rate of inflation if the security is held to maturity. Inflation rate Inflation uncertainty The fact that future inflation rates are not known. It is a possible contributing factor to the makeup of the term structure of interest rates. Inflationary Causing inflation. Inflationary risk The uncertainty over the future real value (after inflation) of your investment. Inflexible expenses Expenses that cannot be adjusted or eliminated such as car payments or rental payments. Information agent Agent whose primary task is to disseminate and explain the details of capital transactions. We thank you for using the Financial Dictionary to search for Inflation rate. If you have a better definition for Inflation rate than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Inflation rate may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Inflation rate and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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