Devaluation vs. Inflation

Devaluationnoun

The removal or lessening of something's value.

Devaluationnoun

(economics) The intentional or deliberate lowering of a currency's value compared to another country's currency or a standard value (e.g. the price of gold).

Devaluationnoun

Depreciation.

Devaluationnoun

an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries

Devaluationnoun

the reduction of something's value or worth

Devaluation

In macroeconomics and modern monetary policy, a devaluation is an official lowering of the value of a country's currency within a fixed exchange-rate system, in which a monetary authority formally sets a lower exchange rate of the national currency in relation to a foreign reference currency or currency basket. The opposite of devaluation, a change in the exchange rate making the domestic currency more expensive, is called a revaluation.

Inflationnoun

An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas.

Inflationnoun

(economics) An increase in the general level of prices or in the cost of living.

Inflationnoun

(economics) A decline in the value of money.

Inflationnoun

(economics) An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money.

Inflationnoun

Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.

Inflationnoun

(cosmology) An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorised to have occurred very shortly after the big bang.

Inflationnoun

The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.

Inflationnoun

The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity.

Inflationnoun

Persistent expansion or increase in the general level of prices, usually caused by overissue of currency, and resulting in a reduced value of the currency. It is contrasted with deflation, and is when it occurs to a very high degree is called hyperinflation.

Inflationnoun

a general and progressive increase in prices;

Inflationnoun

(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang

Inflationnoun

lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

Inflationnoun

the act of filling something with air

Inflation

In economics, inflation (or less frequently, price inflation) is a general rise in the price level of an economy over a period of time. When the general price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services; consequently, inflation reflects a reduction in the purchasing power per unit of money – a loss of real value in the medium of exchange and unit of account within the economy.