Or is that "A plus plus" a form of political grade inflation?
It includes everything, all the issues of modern political economy: inflation, the balance of payments, economic growth, productivity, capital investment.
The report may stoke concern that India's outlook has worsened because of trade and fiscal deficits, political gridlock, inflation and the threat to global growth from the European debt crisis.
"The report may stoke concern that India's outlook has worsened because of trade and fiscal deficits, political gridlock, inflation and the threat to global growth from the European debt crisis," Bloomberg News reports.
As the enemies he could see and outwit gave way to dangers "less amenable to a frontal political assault: inflation, depression, poverty, cynicism," Aron writes, Yeltsin succumbed to drink, depression and insomnia.
Output lies far below reasonable estimates of potential, meaning trillions of dollars of wasted resources; unemployment remains at levels that amount to personal, social, and possibly political catastrophe; inflation has been below target, and there are good reasons to believe that the targets are too low.
Foreign investments come with the risk of political instability, inflation, strikes and basic cultural differences that may turn simple things opaque.
As a political matter, the inflation hawks often attribute the drop in inflation from 12.5percentt in 1980 to 3.8percentt in 1982 to Reagan's courage in backing Volcker.
Political pressures and inflation concerns continue to prevent many countries — particularly in Asia, where inflation has become an acute problem — from ending subsidies and letting domestic prices bounce up and down.
Catastrophic events such as inflation, political upheaval, or natural disasters may upset the economy of a contract.
