This document discusses various types and causes of inflation. It outlines six main causes of inflation: demand-pull, cost-push, profit-induced, budgetary, monetary, and multi-causal inflation. It also discusses inflation based on rates (anticipated vs unanticipated), degrees (creeping, walking, running, hyper), and levels of control (open vs suppressed; partial vs full). Deflation is also briefly covered, defined as a decrease in general price levels that can exacerbate recessions.