What are inflation rises?

Inflation rises mean that the things you buy every day cost more money over time.

Imagine you have a piggy bank full of coins, and you use it to buy your favorite candy bar each week. One day, you notice that the candy bar now costs two coins instead of just one, that’s inflation! It means that even though you’re still using the same amount of money from your piggy bank, you can’t get as much stuff as before.

Think about a toy store. If more kids want to buy toys at once, the store might raise prices because there aren’t enough toys for everyone. That’s like inflation, when too many people want to buy things, and not enough are available, prices go up.

Sometimes, workers ask for higher wages, which means stores have to charge more money for their goods. It's like a game of tag, if one person runs faster, the others might need to run even harder to keep up!

Inflation doesn’t happen all at once; it grows slowly, like a plant in your garden. If you water it (like when prices go up), it gets bigger (prices get higher) over time.