DEMAND-PULL INFLATION: Demand-pull inflation places responsibility for inflation squarely on the shoulders of increases in aggregate demand. This type of inflation results when the four macroeconomic sectors (household, business, government, and foreign) collectively try to purchase more output that the economy is capable of producing. In general, increasing aggregate demand means buyers want more production than the economy is able to provide. Then end result is that buyers bid up the price of existing production. The extra demand "pulls" the price level higher. You might want to compare demand-pull inflation with cost-push inflation. See also | inflation | aggregate demand | household sector | business sector | government sector | foreign sector | aggregate expenditures | cost-push inflation | production possibilities frontier | aggregate market | long-run aggregate supply curve | aggregate demand curve | shortage | price level |
