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.
An inflation premium is the part of prevailing interest rates that results from lenders compensating for expected inflation by pushing nominal interest rates to higher levels. Investors seek this premium to compensate for the erosion in the value of their capital due to inflation.