Inflation rate is measured by change in the price level over time.
The '44%' you are measuring is the growth rate of the money supply.
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To avoid future embarrassments, look up definitions of economic terms on wikipedia or in an introductory economics text.
Inflation,
properly defined, is not a "change in the price level." Rather, it is an increase in the money supply. The fact that government schools have taught generations of people differently does not change the proper definition of the term.
People get these things confused because inflation (ie - an increase in the money supply) tends to
cause prices to increase. But the price increases themselves are not "inflation." One is the disease, the other the symptom. Changing the term "inflation" to refer to the symptom instead of the disease has led to widespread misunderstandings regarding why prices increase in an economy.
So to you, I would say, to avoid future embarrassments, DON'T look up definitions of economic terms on wikipedia.
And yes, Bitcoin's inflation is 44% this year, but it will fall as we know to zero percent over time. Comparatively, USD inflation will continue without end - and no, it should not be measured by the price changes in the economy, for the reasons mentioned above. When the government says "inflation is only 1%," they are deceiving people because they're measuring price changes, not money supply changes.
