hyperinflation

From hyper- +‎ inflation.

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hyperinflation (plural hyperinflations)

1. (economics) A very high rate of inflation.
   • 1985, Leon N. Lindberg, Charles S. Maier, Brian M. Barry, The Politics of inflation and economic stagnation, page 74:

     Even though ten years elapsed between the German hyperinflation of 1923 and the seizure of power by Hitler, it is often suggested that the two events are causally related.

   • 1987, Philip Cagan, “Hyperinflation”, in The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics:

     Only inconvertible paper currencies can be expanded rapidly without limit to generate hyperinflation.

   • 2004, John Barkley Rosser, Marina V. Rosser, Comparative Economics in a Transforming World Economy, page 236:

     When hyperinflation peaked, wheelbarrows full of money were required to shop for groceries.

   • 2023 October 23, Anna Cooban, “Javier Milei wants Argentina to swap the peso for the US dollar. Here’s what that could mean”, in CNN Business‎^[1]:

     Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian presidential candidate, has made “dollarizing” Argentina a signature proposal of his campaign, hailing it as a cure for the country’s hyperinflation problem.

• There is no precise quantitative level that defines hyperinflation. A conventionally used threshold is 50% annual inflation.

• deflation

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