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Inflation and Catholic Social Teaching<\/span><\/h1>\n

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by CAPP-USA<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

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Inflation is an<\/strong> insidious problem<\/strong>! It harms, in a perverse reverse order, those least able to deal with it: from the poorest up. By eroding purchasing power, families at the bottom quintiles of income distribution have the least resources to deal with inflation\u2019s resulting higher prices.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Catholic social teaching response to inflation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

What is Inflation?<\/span><\/h2>\n


Inflation is the rate of rising prices for goods and services over a given period. It is typically expressed as an increase in the cost of living<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


Again, while inflation hurts us all, it is especially hard for the poor<\/strong> whose incomes fail to keep up with rising prices.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What Causes Inflation?<\/span><\/h2>\n


I<\/span>nflation has three possible causes:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n