Hyperinflation
noun
An extremely high and typically accelerating inflation.
After the war, the country experienced a period of hyperinflation.
Often appears as...
- experiencing hyperinflation
- suffer from hyperinflation
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noun
An abnormal increase in the volume of air in the lungs.
Hyperinflation is a common feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Often appears as...
- pulmonary hyperinflation
- hyperinflation of lungs
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Academic
noun
An extremely high and typically accelerating inflation.
After the war, the country experienced a period of hyperinflation.
Often appears as...
- experiencing hyperinflation
- suffer from hyperinflation
Usage tips
Academic
noun
An abnormal increase in the volume of air in the lungs.
Hyperinflation is a common feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Often appears as...
- pulmonary hyperinflation
- hyperinflation of lungs
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Economic Disaster
Hyperinflation signifies catastrophic economic conditions and can imply social and political instability.
The government's mismanagement led to hyperinflation, making the currency almost worthless.
Pro Tip 2/3Swift Price Hikes
Hyperinflation involves prices increasing rapidly over a short time, affecting affordability of goods.
During hyperinflation, the price of bread rose multiple times in just one day.
Pro Tip 3/3Economic Measurement
Hyperinflation is quantified by inflation rates, often exceeding 50% per month.
Economists declared hyperinflation when monthly inflation surpassed 100%.
Pro Tip 1/3Economic Disaster
Hyperinflation signifies catastrophic economic conditions and can imply social and political instability.
The government's mismanagement led to hyperinflation, making the currency almost worthless.
Pro Tip 2/3Swift Price Hikes
Hyperinflation involves prices increasing rapidly over a short time, affecting affordability of goods.
During hyperinflation, the price of bread rose multiple times in just one day.
Pro Tip 3/3Economic Measurement
Hyperinflation is quantified by inflation rates, often exceeding 50% per month.
Economists declared hyperinflation when monthly inflation surpassed 100%.
Pro Tip 1/3Economic Disaster
Hyperinflation signifies catastrophic economic conditions and can imply social and political instability.
The government's mismanagement led to hyperinflation, making the currency almost worthless.
Pro Tip 2/3Swift Price Hikes
Hyperinflation involves prices increasing rapidly over a short time, affecting affordability of goods.
During hyperinflation, the price of bread rose multiple times in just one day.
Pro Tip 3/3Economic Measurement
Hyperinflation is quantified by inflation rates, often exceeding 50% per month.
Economists declared hyperinflation when monthly inflation surpassed 100%.
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How does asthma work? -...
Yet counterintuitively, during an asthma attack, the inflammation can make it harder to exhale than inhale. Over time, this leads to an excess of air in the lungs, a phenomenon known as hyperinflation. The trapping of air inside the lungs forces the body to work harder
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A provocative way to...
to print more and more money for other education, health care, welfare -- even defense. And there are some truly terrible historical examples of money printing -- uncontrolled money printing -- leading to hyperinflation.
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The Latin America that...
changing since the moment you went into the store if you visit Brazil now you will see that the nightmare of hyperinflation stayed back in the 20th
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How does asthma work? -...
Yet counterintuitively, during an asthma attack, the inflammation can make it harder to exhale than inhale. Over time, this leads to an excess of air in the lungs, a phenomenon known as hyperinflation. The trapping of air inside the lungs forces the body to work harder
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A provocative way to...
to print more and more money for other education, health care, welfare -- even defense. And there are some truly terrible historical examples of money printing -- uncontrolled money printing -- leading to hyperinflation.
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The Latin America that...
changing since the moment you went into the store if you visit Brazil now you will see that the nightmare of hyperinflation stayed back in the 20th
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Roy Bennett
Zimbabwean Politician
In the late 1990s, Mugabe's misguided policies sent our economy and agricultural productivity, our country's lifeblood, plummeting into the abyss. To make up for the financial shortfall, his regime attempted to print its way out of the mess, immediately resulting in inconceivable hyperinflation, topping out at 231 million percent.
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Steve Hanke
American Economist
Following Greece's defeat at the hands of Turkey in 1897, Greece's fiscal house was entrusted to a Control Commission. During the 20th century, the drachma was one of the world's worst currencies. It recorded the world's sixth highest hyperinflation. In October 1944, Greece's monthly inflation rate hit 13,800%.
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Rick Santelli
American Journalist
Look at the Weimar Republic and their hyperinflation in the early '20s. It didn't happen overnight. I've used the analogy, it's a lot like soybeans: you plant 'em, you wait. Conditions take some time. You need some sun; you need some water, but ultimately things start to grow, and are we in that phase or not?
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James Surowiecki
American Journalist
Businesses that have gone through an episode of hyperinflation become understandably alert to the threat of it: at the first hint of inflation, they're likely to increase prices, since they've learned that if they don't, and inflation hits, their businesses will be wrecked.
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Chuck Grassley
American Politician
The Fed has the ability to put money out, it's got the ability to take money back in, and if they don't do that, we will have hyperinflation worse than we had in 1980 and 1981.
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Porter Stansberry
American Publisher
Stocks actually can be a very good hedge against inflation, and short of hyperinflation, stocks will have the ability to increase their dividends to match the rise in prices.
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Paul Singer
American Businessman
Check out London, Manhattan, Aspen and East Hampton real estate prices, as well as high-end art prices, to see what the leading edge of hyperinflation could look like.
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Eugene Fama
American Economist
Economies typically do not function well in hyperinflation. The real value of government debt might disappear, but the economy is likely to disappear with it.
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Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada
Bolivian Politician
Bolivia was the first country to stop hyperinflation in a democracy without depriving people of their civil rights and without violating human rights.
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Thomas Sowell
American Economist
Hyperinflation can take virtually your entire life's savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all.
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Roy Bennett
Zimbabwean Politician
In the late 1990s, Mugabe's misguided policies sent our economy and agricultural productivity, our country's lifeblood, plummeting into the abyss. To make up for the financial shortfall, his regime attempted to print its way out of the mess, immediately resulting in inconceivable hyperinflation, topping out at 231 million percent.
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Steve Hanke
American Economist
Following Greece's defeat at the hands of Turkey in 1897, Greece's fiscal house was entrusted to a Control Commission. During the 20th century, the drachma was one of the world's worst currencies. It recorded the world's sixth highest hyperinflation. In October 1944, Greece's monthly inflation rate hit 13,800%.
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Rick Santelli
American Journalist
Look at the Weimar Republic and their hyperinflation in the early '20s. It didn't happen overnight. I've used the analogy, it's a lot like soybeans: you plant 'em, you wait. Conditions take some time. You need some sun; you need some water, but ultimately things start to grow, and are we in that phase or not?
Quote examples
James Surowiecki
American Journalist
Businesses that have gone through an episode of hyperinflation become understandably alert to the threat of it: at the first hint of inflation, they're likely to increase prices, since they've learned that if they don't, and inflation hits, their businesses will be wrecked.
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Chuck Grassley
American Politician
The Fed has the ability to put money out, it's got the ability to take money back in, and if they don't do that, we will have hyperinflation worse than we had in 1980 and 1981.
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Porter Stansberry
American Publisher
Stocks actually can be a very good hedge against inflation, and short of hyperinflation, stocks will have the ability to increase their dividends to match the rise in prices.
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Paul Singer
American Businessman
Check out London, Manhattan, Aspen and East Hampton real estate prices, as well as high-end art prices, to see what the leading edge of hyperinflation could look like.
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Eugene Fama
American Economist
Economies typically do not function well in hyperinflation. The real value of government debt might disappear, but the economy is likely to disappear with it.
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Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada
Bolivian Politician
Bolivia was the first country to stop hyperinflation in a democracy without depriving people of their civil rights and without violating human rights.
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Thomas Sowell
American Economist
Hyperinflation can take virtually your entire life's savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all.
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