hyperinflation
noun
hy·per·in·fla·tion
ˌhī-pər-in-ˈflā-shən 
: extreme or excessive inflation: such as
a
: excessive distension with air or gas
hyperinflation of the lungs
b
: extreme economic inflation with prices rising at a very high rate in a very short time
But the policy also fueled hyperinflation that experts say left Iran's economy weaker in the long run.—
Ramin Mostaghim
Ramin Mostaghim
also
: a period of such inflation
While every company may employ any of a variety of cash investment options during hyperinflation, every successful company has one policy in common … —Gerald Swanson
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Maduro has blamed the country’s problems on U.S. financial sanctions, introduced in August 2017, when shortages, hyperinflation, and mass emigration were already on the rise.
—Ivan Briscoe, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2019
Argentine entrepreneur Wences Casares has shared with me that a non-governmental money outside the control of the banks would have helped his family, who lost their life savings multiple times during periods of Argentina's hyperinflation.
—Laura Shin, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
At the other extreme, the private sector could have spent the handouts all at once, in which case there would have been hyperinflation.
—Sebastian Mallaby, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2021
Unprecedented rates of hyperinflation and a civil war with a gruesome Maoist terrorist group, the Shining Path, meant that the average Peruvian was ready for new figures to emerge to confront these threats.
—Stephanie McNulty & Sarah Chartock / Made By History, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
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Ivan Briscoe, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2019
Argentine entrepreneur Wences Casares has shared with me that a non-governmental money outside the control of the banks would have helped his family, who lost their life savings multiple times during periods of Argentina's hyperinflation.
—Laura Shin, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
At the other extreme, the private sector could have spent the handouts all at once, in which case there would have been hyperinflation.
—Sebastian Mallaby, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2021
Unprecedented rates of hyperinflation and a civil war with a gruesome Maoist terrorist group, the Shining Path, meant that the average Peruvian was ready for new figures to emerge to confront these threats.
—Stephanie McNulty & Sarah Chartock / Made By History, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
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hyperinflation
noun
hy·per·in·fla·tion
-in-ˈflā-shən
: inflation that increases very quickly over a short period of time
Medical Definition
hyperinflation
noun
hy·per·in·fla·tion
ˌhī-pə-rin-ˈflā-shən
: excessive inflation (as of the lungs)
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