Inflation measurement

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2009 in the subject Business economics - General, grade: 1,3, University of applied sciences, Munich, course: General Economics- MBA programme, language: English, abstract: In economics, inflation is a rise in the general level of prices of goods within aneconomy over a period of time. That means the real value of money will declineand generate a loss of purchasing power. A dollar today doesn t buy as much asit did twenty years ago. In 1931, for example, it was possible to go to the cinemafor 25 cents. Today we have to pay between five and nine Euros. In Germany thefear of inflation is based on some experiences the Germans already have madewith it.