Due to the nature of our monetary system, continuous inflation is necessary. Debt-based money requires continuous inflation.

When they measure "economic growth", they use the CPI, which understates true inflation. In real dollar terms, per-capita GDP actually is flat or decreasing. To see this, calculate GDP divided by price of gold. The price of gold is a much less biased inflation measure than the CPI. You also can use the price of silver or copper. The ratio gold/silver and gold/copper are pretty stable.

There is inflation misreported as economic growth.