inflation

rise in price level in an economy over time
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inflation

Summary

inflation is an economic concept[1]. inflation ranks in the top 0.47% of economic_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,058 views/month, #1 of 213).[2]

Key Facts

  • inflation's instance of is recorded as economic concept[3].
  • inflation is a type of Q139454452[4].
  • inflation's Commons category is recorded as Inflation[5].
  • inflation is the opposite of deflation[6].
  • inflation comprises demand-pull inflation[7].
  • inflation comprises cost-push inflation[8].
  • inflation's has cause is recorded as uncertainty[9].
  • inflation's has cause is recorded as excess demand[10].
  • inflation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Inflation[11].
  • inflation's described by source is recorded as Kazakhstan. National encyclopedia[12].
  • inflation's described by source is recorded as 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[13].
  • inflation's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[14].
  • inflation's has contributing factor is recorded as interest rate[15].
  • inflation's has contributing factor is recorded as central bank[16].
  • inflation's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://economics.stackexchange.com/tags/inflation[17].
  • inflation's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://money.stackexchange.com/tags/inflation[18].
  • inflation's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://quant.stackexchange.com/tags/inflation[19].
  • inflation's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://politics.stackexchange.com/tags/inflation[20].
  • inflation's contributing factor of is recorded as consumer price index[21].
  • inflation's contributing factor of is recorded as inflation rate[22].
  • inflation's has effect is recorded as uncertainty[23].
  • inflation's has effect is recorded as income inequality[24].
  • inflation's different from is recorded as Inflation[25].
  • inflation's studied by is recorded as macroeconomics[26].
  • inflation's studied by is recorded as financial economics[27].

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Definition and Type

inflation's instance of is recorded as economic concept[3]. inflation is a type of Q139454452[4]. inflation is the opposite of deflation[6].

Use and Application

Components include demand-pull inflation[7], an economic concept[28] and cost-push inflation[8].

Influence

Things named for inflation include stagflation[29].

Why It Matters

inflation ranks in the top 0.47% of economic_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,058 views/month, #1 of 213).[2] inflation has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] inflation is known by 103 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for inflation include stagflation[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000324
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  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → YpEd9
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 12w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → demand-pull inflation, cost-push inflation
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P527]]: [[Q3493390]]"
  4. 12w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contributing factor of → consumer price index, inflation rate
    Has list → —
    Has contributing factor → interest rate, central bank
    Has effect → uncertainty, income inequality
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1542]]: [[Q5055020]]"
  5. 13w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → demand-pull inflation, cost-push inflation
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P527]]: [[Q2350762]]"
  6. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → inflation, inflation-finance
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: inflation, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289936319|inflation (#289936319)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  7. 14w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 8259
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 8259, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107285504|inflation (#107285504)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictiona"
  8. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000634-inflace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0000634-inflace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  9. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Determination method or standard → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Kazakhstan. National encyclopedia, 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica, Pauly–Wissowa
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 622, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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