Hyperinflation
Hyperinflation is a severe increase in the rate of inflation. It is an out-of-control decrease in the purchasing power of a currency.
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It's easy to produce "wow" examples of hyperinflation. In 1923 in Germany, prices were doubling every two days. At one point in 2008, Zimbabwe inflation approached a reported 80 billion percent.
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