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Inflation

The tendency for prices and wages to become more expensive.

Investors tend to pay attention to inflation mainly out of fear that the Federal Reserve will try to fight it by tightening the money supply.

See the inflation calculator; also the Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov) for a monthly report on changes in the Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index, along with another inflation calculator.


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