By Tim McMahon Define Inflation: A  simple way to define inflation is "an increase in the price you pay for goods" but that only tells part of the story... It could also be seen as a "decline in the purchasing power of your money". But there is more to inflation than that. There are two sides to inflation "Price Inflation" and "Monetary Inflation". Jump to: Inflation Definition | Inflation Cause | Inflation Risk | Inflation Rate | Inflation Hedge Price Inflation vs Monetary Inflation: Technically, Price Inflation is when prices get higher or it takes more money to buy the same item and this is what people commonly think of when they hear the word inflation. Monetary Inflation … [Read more...]