# Hyperinflation (runaway inflation)

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## Definition

Unless otherwise defined, a reduction in the purchasing power of money of more than fifty percent per month. This corresponds to an annual inflation rate of 12,875 percent. - Financial history teaches beyond doubt that any hyperinflation - disrupts a state, - sets the country back economically and socially - often for several decades, even generations, and - in almost all cases paves the way for dictatorship and wars. - See monetary surrogates, hyperinflationary country, inflation, galloping, inflation risk, emergency money, sovereign debt repayment, payday rule, tariff surcharge. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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