what causes inflation 
inflation or a general rise in prices is thought to occur for several reasons and the exact reasons are still debated by economists monetarist theories suggest that the money supply is the root of inflation where more money in an economy leads to higher prices cost push inflation theorizes that as costs to producers increase from things like rising wages these higher costs are passed on to consumers demand pull inflation takes the position that prices rise when aggregate demand exceeds the supply of available goods for sustained periods of time 