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What is inflation, and how does it affect consumers?

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What is inflation, and how does it affect consumers? Is inflation always bad? Describe a situation where inflation is positive?

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Inflation is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time, it affects consumers because savings will lose value gradually. For example, ...

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