"The Rate of inflation is at an all time low!"
A graph that shows that there is a relation between unemployment and inflation: One can either have a high inflation and low unemployment or low inflation with high unemployment.
Generally, low inflation is better for society because inflation has costs associated with the reallocation of assets and their value (that is, it costs money for people to change their decisions when inflation changes the value of their goods/services).
Two benefits to Ireland of low rate inflation is:1. Because the price of goods and services from one period to the next remain generally low. e.g a can of coke in Switzerland costs 4 euro while a can of coke here in Ireland costs 1 euro.2. It can help in economic growth (The rise in quantity of goods and services produced/made from one period to the next)
Low inflation is considered good because it represents price stability, which encourages productive planning and investment.
Low inflation
Financial hawks favor low inflation over high economic growth, and want interest rates set high to keep inflation low. Financial doves prefer low interest rates and believe inflation has a minimal impact on society.
Low inflation can be achieved by increasing interest rates to tempt people to save more and also by increasing taxes to reduce peoples disposable income.
Depends what you mean by "low". There are various measures and various types of inflation. The British Government has several, and has recently moved from one to another to calculate "inflation linked" price and pay increases. It's around 5% currently.
core inflation rate
Because unemployement fell to its lowest level in decades, and inflation crept along at less than 3%
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