Cost Due to Inflation

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• Effects of Unanticipated Inflation

  The cost of the debt the farmer is carrying will increase due to the inflation, and the cost of the materials and products that the farmer buys for the farm would also increase. The farmer would lose both ways.

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• Causes of Inflation Influences

  price level in the rest of the world Cost- push inflation: According to this theory, inflation arises due to the increase in the cost of production. ie Persistently rising general price levels brought about by rising input costs

• Explain the effect default risk, inflation, interest rate risk and stock market volatility have on WACC

  Due to increase in the inflation rate bond debts becomes more risky for investors during this time period. It is because; investor may lose a lot of money due to reduction in the value of bond.

• Economics-Macro

  Inflation lowers the value of monetary assets and increases the value of real assets. 4.Why does inflation (in the short-run) lead to an increase in investment? This is mainly because due to inflation------ a.

• Sharp rise in oil prices, which sends the price of gasoline

  The situation of inflation due to the change in the cost of production is regarded as cost-push inflation (Tucker, 2012).

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  payment is due at time 6 and the last payment is due at time 9.