Inflation targeting is a monetary policy where a central bank follows an explicit target for the inflation rate for the medium-term and announces this inflation target to the public. The assumption is that the best that monetary policy can do to support long-term growth of the economy is to maintain price stability, and price stability is achieved by controlling inflation.

Monetary inflation is a sustained increase in the money supply of a country (or currency area). Depending on many factors, especially public expectations, the fundamental state and development of the economy, and the transmission mechanism, it is likely to result in price inflation, which is usually just called "inflation", which is a rise in the general level of prices of …

L'inflation est la perte du pouvoir d'achat de la monnaie qui se traduit par une augmentation générale et durable des prix accompagnée par une baisse des taux [1].Il s'agit d'un phénomène persistant qui fait entre autres monter l'ensemble des prix [2], et auquel se superposent des variations sectorielles des prix [3].. La monnaie étant l'étalon des valeurs, la variation de sa …