How does a country that is currently experiencing high inflation rates, recover from it? What does the government need to do?
How does a country that is currently experiencing high inflation rates, recover from it? What does the government need to do?
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A high rate of inflation is when the prices of goods and services increase much faster than the value of the currency in the economy, or than the value of a money saved in the bank.  The government’s job in trying to reduce inflation is to reduce the amount of money in the economy.  This can be done in two main ways.  The government can increase taxes on consumers or increase taxes on businesses, which will reduce the amount of money that is available for consumers and businesses to buy things.  Or the government can decrease the amount of money that is available to consumers or businesses, which will cause those consumers and businesses to buy less stuff.  The government can also directly take the money from consumers and businesses, and spend it on certain things, like building hospitals or helping students go to school, which will also reduce the amount of money available in the economy.  For more on why the government would want to reduce the amount of money in the economy, you could talk about how a monetary policy works, or the difference between a demand-side and supply-side economic model.
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So if the government chose to do these things, how long would it take for the inflation to go down?
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