Paper I · 5 Indian Economy & Development · 5.2.3 Inflation and price indices

5.2.3.2 Causes of inflation: demand-pull, cost-push, structural factors and the quantity theory of money

Prices rise when demand outruns supply (demand-pull), when costs rise (cost-push), when supply cannot adjust (structural) or when money grows faster than output (quantity theory).

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Key terms

  • demand-pull
  • cost-push
  • structural inflation
  • quantity theory
  • Fisher equation
  • velocity
  • inflationary gap
  • monetary inflation
  • imported inflation

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