Inflation in the United States

Inflation (Economics Term) in the Federal Budget Process

Meaning of Inflation in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source): A rise in the general price level.

Resources

See Also

• Federal Appropriations
• Entries about the United States Budget Process in the Encyclopedia (including Inflation)
• Public Debt

Further Reading

• Legislatures and the budget process: the myth of fiscal control

  (J Wehner, 2010)

• Reconcilable Differences?: Congress, the Budget Process, and the Deficit (JB Gilmour, 1990)
• Fiscal institutions and fiscal performance

  (JM Poterba, J von Hagen, 2008)

Inflation in the International Business Landscape

Definition of Inflation in the context of U.S. international business and public trade policy: A period when purchasing power of a monetary unit is falling.