词汇 | inflation |
词源 | inflation. The word inflation, used in relation to inflated prices and money, is first recorded in 1838, during the Panic of 1837, which actually lasted three years. President Martin Van Buren did nothing to alleviate the panic or the bread riots that it brought, enabling William Henry Harrison to defeat him in his 1840 bid for reelection. |
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