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Zimbabwe Inflation: The End of the Story
As we went to press with Modern Principles: Macro we kept having to add zeroes to Zimbabwe's peak hyperinflation rate and move it up the table of world leaders.  In our final revision, Zimbabwe's monthly inflation rate had hit 79,600,000,000% putting Zimbabwe in second place.  We ...
Asset inflation, price inflation, and the great moderation
interfluidity.powerblogs.com — Commenter "reason" asks a question:... (more) Asset inflation, price inflation, and the great moderation
When Will Inflation Really Hit Us?
hf-implode.com — " Most of us are gathered at the station, watching for the Inflation Express to come rumbling... in. But we’ve been waiting for a while now. Just when should we expect the big locomotive to arrive and start pushing the prices of most things uphill We’d all like to know the exact date, of course, ... (more) When Will Inflation Really Hit Us?
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