Positioning Is Finding Ways to Get Inside the Minds of Consumers

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Positioning is finding ways to get inside the minds of consumers.

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Definitions:

Volcker Disinflation

A period of monetary policy adjustment in the United States under Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, aimed at reducing high levels of inflation through high interest rates in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Inflation Expectations

The anticipation of consumers, businesses, and investors about the rate at which the general level of prices will rise in the future.

Disinflation Costs

Entails the economic costs associated with reducing the rate of inflation, which can include increased unemployment and slower economic growth.

Short-run Phillips Curve

The short-run Phillips Curve depicts an inverse relationship between the rate of inflation and the unemployment rate within an economy over a short period.