Suppose you borrow $100 from a bank at 5 per cent interest for one year and the inflation rate that year is 10 per cent. Was this loan advantageous to you or to the bank? If the CPI was 120 last year and is 138 this year, what is this year's rate of inflation? In contrast, suppose that the CPI was 120 last year and is 116 this year. What is this year's rate of inflation? What term do economists use to describe this second outcome?
