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Explain how indirect taxes can be inflationary.
Explain how indirect taxes prove to be inflationary.
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Solution
- Indirect taxes are known to cause significant inflation. Indirect taxes on commodities lead to higher market prices.
- Rising prices increase the cost of living, leading trade unions to seek greater salaries to maintain workers' real incomes.
- Indirect taxes perpetuate a cycle of rising prices, costs, wages, and further price increases.
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