Inflation is one of those subjects that economists and business professionals always seem to be talking about, yet due to its gradual effect on society,
Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe’s dollar went from being worth about US$1.25 in the 1980s to trillions of Zimbabwe dollars per single US dollar by 2009
Soviet Union
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World War I, the early Soviet Union was facing an economic crisis when industrial production dropped to one-fifth of the level it had been before the war.
France
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During the French Revolution inflation quickly struck when mass counterfeiting caused the value of these bonds to rapidly become worthless, leading to inflation
Hungary
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From 1945 to 1946, Hungary’s inflation was so bad that the value of its currency was halving every 15 hours on average.
Yugoslavia
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With a trade embargo placed on Yugoslavia in May of 1992
Venezuela
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Hyperinflation began across Venezuela in the mid-2010s and went on for several years, reaching 1,698,488% in 2018.