Inflation Solution Challenge

The Inflation Solution Challenge series provides students with a comprehensive understanding of inflation, a critical macroeconomic concept and metric. Guest speakers discuss the definition and measurement of inflation, its underlying causes, its economic ramifications, government policies aimed at inflation management, and the strategies employed by companies to mitigate cost increases. Participants are tasked with selecting a company to research and prepare a report that examines the fluctuations in the profit margin during an inflationary period measured by the most prominent indicator of inflation, the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which quantifies the percentage change in the prices of a basket of goods and services typically consumed by households.

Pauline Rhoden received the $5,000 first prize for the 2024 Koppelman School of Business Inflation Solution Challenge, developed and organized by Professor Carol Connell in collaboration with professors Myles Bassell and Charles Stone.

Email Myles Bassell with questions and to RSVP.