Hidden Inflation
Hidden inflation occurs when price pressure is masked by controls, shortages, quality changes, or delayed price adjustments.
Inflation-rate, gap, and spiral terms used in macro-policy and real-return analysis.
Inflation Gaps, Rates, and Spirals covers inflation, disinflation, deflation, price indexes, purchasing power, indexation, real-versus-nominal measures, and inflation expectations used in finance.
Use these pages when price changes affect interest rates, real returns, margins, wages, pensions, contracts, purchasing power, valuation inputs, or monetary-policy expectations. It sits inside Inflation Types, Causes, and Dynamics, so readers can move up when the broader economics context matters.
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| Area | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Hidden Inflation | Hidden inflation occurs when price pressure is masked by controls, shortages, quality changes, or delayed price adjustments. |
| Inflation Rate | The inflation rate is the pace at which the general price level rises over a measured period. |
| Inflationary Gap | An inflationary gap occurs when actual output exceeds potential output, creating upward pressure on prices. |
| Inflationary Spiral | An inflationary spiral refers to an episode of inflation in which price increases occur at an increasing rate, and currency rapidly loses value. |
| Repressed Inflation | Repressed inflation exists when price controls or rationing suppress visible price increases while excess demand remains. |
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Hidden inflation occurs when price pressure is masked by controls, shortages, quality changes, or delayed price adjustments.
The inflation rate is the pace at which the general price level rises over a measured period.
An inflationary gap occurs when actual output exceeds potential output, creating upward pressure on prices.
An inflationary spiral refers to an episode of inflation in which price increases occur at an increasing rate, and currency rapidly loses value.
Repressed inflation exists when price controls or rationing suppress visible price increases while excess demand remains.