Inflation ka matlab hai qeematon ka aam satah par barhna. Ise naapne ke liye rozmarra ki cheezon ka ek tokra banaya jata hai — aata, ghee, bijli, kiraya, safar — aur har mahine dekha jata hai ke us tokre ki qeemat pichle saal ke isi mahine se kitni barhi.

Yahan ek baat aksar ghalat samjhi jati hai. Jab kaha jata hai ke "mehngai kam ho gayi", iska matlab ye nahi ke qeematen kam ho gayin. Matlab sirf ye hai ke qeematen pehle se aahista raftar se barh rahi hain. Qeematon ka girna alag cheez hai, jise deflation kehte hain.

Mehngai ki aam wajuhat mein maang ka barhna, cheezon ki rasad mein rukawat, bairun-e-mulk se aane wali cheezon ka mehnga hona, aur currency ki qadar ka girna shamil hain.

Do alag cheezein

  • Inflation kam hona = qeematen aahista barhna
  • Qeematen girna = deflation, alag cheez
  • Naap rozmarra ki cheezon ke tokre se hoti hai