1. Open the following links and watch the short videos included: 2. Review topics reated to the 3 macroeconomic goals (economic growth, inflation and unemployment) 3. Provide an opinion about the current Canadian inflation (performance, indicators and news)

Do you ever wonder why some things are way more 0 expensive than they were when you were a kid? It's a sign of something important in our economy -inflation. Inflation is a measure of how much prices for goods and services are rising. Lots of factors affect prices- how difficult a product is to find, the cost of labour and the raw materials used to make it, and competition among the places selling it, to name a few. Policies that stimulate economic growth can cause inflation, too: when people have more money, their demand for products and services can rise, and that can pull up prices. (Click for full article) Price check: Inflation in Canada Why prices change, and what it means for the economy