Conclusions There is no generally accepted theory of inflation. The causes that generate it are numerous and include economic, psychological, social, political, internal, and external factors. Inflation is based on numerous partial causes, which correlated determine the inflationist process. Inflation is generally considered an unbalance between money and goods, consisting in the existence of excessive money supply in relation with the volume of goods subjected to transactions, resulting an excess of unsatisfied total demand. Given the processes that determine

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