
What do economists mean by inflation, how do they measure it, and is inflation the best way of understanding the changes in the price of goods?
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We often hear about inflation in the news, whether it has gone up or down, and how this impacts the price of everyday goods.
But what do economists mean by inflation, how do they measure it, and is inflation the best way of understanding the changes in the price of goods?
This week we speak with Martin O'Connell, Deputy Research Director at IFS and author of a recent paper looking at grocery prices during the pandemic, and Ian Crawford, Professor of Economics at Oxford.
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Host

Director
Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.
Participants

Research Fellow University of Wisconsin
Martin, previously Deputy Research Director, is a Research Fellow at IFS and Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin.

Professor of Economics University of Oxford
Podcast details
- DOI
- 10.1920/pd.ifs.2024.0086
- Publisher
- IFS
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