Together these molecules form a liquid. However, taken as separate molecules both of these are gases. The argument is that since together these molecules form the liquid water that separately they must be a liquid as well. The fallacy of division is also the opposite of the fallacy of composition.
See also consumer price index, core inflation, cost-push inflation, demand-pull inflation, GDP deflator, producer price index, purchasing power risk. Inflation. Inflation is a persistent increase in prices, often triggered when demand for goods is greater than the available supply or when unemployment is low and workers can command higher salaries. Moderate inflation typically accompanies economic growth.
In economics, inflation is a sustained increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. When the price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services.