Inflation

Demand-pull

cost-push

increase in AD

expansionary demand-side policy

inflationary expectations

increase in the prices of the factors of productions

increase in wages

increase in business taxes

increase in price of imported components or raw materials

consequences

decrease in consumer purchasing powers

shoe leather costs

worsen international competitevenes

uncertaintity

redistribution effect

people who receive fixed incomes - worse-off

people who receive incomes that increases at lower rate than inflation - worse-off

people who keep their savings in money assets - worse off

lenders - worse-off

borrowers - better-off

Government policies

contractionary economic policy

suply-side policies might be used to deal with both types of inflation

contractionary monetary policies

rising interest rates

decrease supply of money

decrease consumption spending and decrease investment spendig

decrease the inflationary pressure in the long-run