Sacrifice Ratio

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Sacrifice Ratio

The cost to an economy when growth slows or stops in order to combat inflation. The ratio shows the cost for each percentage of decrease in inflation. It is calculated thusly:

Sacrifice ratio = (Dollar cost of lost production) / (Percentage of change to the inflation rate)

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