What is inflation? | Inflation | Finance & Capital Markets | Khan Academy

The basics of what price inflation is and how the CPI-U is calculated. Created by Sal Khan.

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Finance and capital markets on Khan Academy: $1 went a lot further in 1900 than today (you could probably buy a good meal for the family for $1 back then). Why? And how do we measure how much more expensive things have gotten (i.e., inflation)?

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