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hyperinflationary

Adjective

Meaning

hyperinflationary (comparative more hyperinflationary, superlative most hyperinflationary)

(economics) Having very high levels of inflation.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Rumours the central bank was buying up black market US dollars last month with one of its own versions of the currency created panic in a country scarred by the hyperinflationary spiral of 2008 that wiped out people’s savings. Source: Internet

Poverty and scarcity are so extended in Venezuela that people now sell and buy food by the spoonful in a desperate attempt to overcome a situation that has worsened as the economy has entered into a growing hyperinflationary cycle. Source: Internet

In his book, Cagan defined a hyperinflationary episode as starting in the month that the monthly inflation rate exceeds 50%, and as ending when the monthly inflation rate drops below 50% and stays that way for at least a year. Source: Internet

The International Accounting Standards Board has issued guidance on accounting rules in a hyperinflationary environment. Source: Internet

The loose monetary policies of the early 1990s pushed inflation to hyperinflationary levels. Source: Internet

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