{"id":3807,"date":"2022-06-15T16:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finseta.com\/?p=3807"},"modified":"2022-08-08T11:26:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T10:26:31","slug":"hyperinflation-is-still-happening-in-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finseta.com\/ae-en\/hyperinflation-is-still-happening-in-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyperinflation is still happening in the 21st century"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3807\" class=\"elementor elementor-3807\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19ff3caf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19ff3caf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15cbde72\" data-id=\"15cbde72\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-738590d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"738590d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"e39a\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">When you hear the word \u2018Hyperinflation\u2019 you probably think about that history lesson you had in school, the one about <a href=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/knowledge-hub\/country-profiles\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a> between the wars where a wheelbarrow full of cash was needed to buy a loaf of bread. The one that included The Wall Street Crash and brownshirt Nazi thugs beating people up in the streets.<\/p><p id=\"ecc9\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Hyperinflation though isn\u2019t a long-dead historical phenomenon.<\/p><p id=\"234a\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Right now Venezuela is being decimated by hyperinflation and Zimbabwe has had to abandon its currency altogether due to its catastrophic effects!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38f02fd6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38f02fd6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7807ad1b\" data-id=\"7807ad1b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4660bfd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4660bfd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25ac2a56 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25ac2a56\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a79ca2f\" data-id=\"a79ca2f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5afe670e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5afe670e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1_qBlNdl0OvsyAt0iOCu0X9g-1024x646.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4033\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1_qBlNdl0OvsyAt0iOCu0X9g-1024x646.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1_qBlNdl0OvsyAt0iOCu0X9g-300x189.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1_qBlNdl0OvsyAt0iOCu0X9g-768x484.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1_qBlNdl0OvsyAt0iOCu0X9g.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-attachment-id=\"4033\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/hyperinflation-is-still-happening-in-the-21st-century\/1_qblndl0ovsyat0iocu0x9g\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1_qBlNdl0OvsyAt0iOCu0X9g.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,883\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1_qBlNdl0OvsyAt0iOCu0X9g\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1_qBlNdl0OvsyAt0iOCu0X9g-1024x646.jpeg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">(The most well known period of hyperinflation was in Germany in the 1920s, the picture above is from the period)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bbb24ba\" data-id=\"bbb24ba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-610e2bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"610e2bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">So what exactly is Hyperinflation?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-390e7ea7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"390e7ea7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"11c1\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">According to the Cambridge Dictionary, hyperinflation is :<\/p><p id=\"aad3\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">\u201c<strong class=\"jw in\">a condition where the price of everything in a national economy goes out of control and increases very quickly<\/strong>\u201d<\/p><p id=\"2ead\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">It is commonly accepted that hyperinflation occurs when the rate of inflation grows by over 50% a month or by 1000% a year.<\/p><p id=\"4791\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">It often occurs in countries where there is a lack of political and economic instability as well as global turmoil.<\/p><p id=\"fdaf\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Key periods of pronounced hyperinflation in more than one country include post-WW2 Europe, during the late 80\u2019s South America and during the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR in Central Asia and Eastern Europe.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-582cb7a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"582cb7a9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6866e74\" data-id=\"6866e74\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52bbb121 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"52bbb121\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71458ad3 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71458ad3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63d70661\" data-id=\"63d70661\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1990887f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1990887f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is the worst hyperinflation on record?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e095113 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e095113\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"8c58\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">The worst recorded case of hyperinflation was not in fact interwar Germany but actually, post-war <a href=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/knowledge-hub\/country-profiles\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a> where its currency, the Peng\u0151 experienced the worst case of hyperinflation ever recorded.<\/p><p id=\"b0bb\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">For context, Hungary was decimated by World War Two, its economy and government collapsed and it was occupied by the Soviet Union.<\/p><p id=\"feec\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Between VE Day and the replacement of the Peng\u0151, it experienced a monthly inflation rate of 13,600,000,000,000,000%.<\/p><p id=\"685c\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">At one point in the crisis, the Hungarian government were forced to issue a 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 (One Hundred Quintillion) Peng\u0151 banknote!<\/p><p id=\"c8bd\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">In July 1946 the Peng\u0151 was finally replaced by the Forint, the same currency Hungary uses today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4711e3ce\" data-id=\"4711e3ce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71814940 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"71814940\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1_WYj9e-zkPi04Bfk3RL9q4w-1024x483.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4034\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1_WYj9e-zkPi04Bfk3RL9q4w-1024x483.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1_WYj9e-zkPi04Bfk3RL9q4w-300x141.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1_WYj9e-zkPi04Bfk3RL9q4w-768x362.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1_WYj9e-zkPi04Bfk3RL9q4w.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-attachment-id=\"4034\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/hyperinflation-is-still-happening-in-the-21st-century\/1_wyj9e-zkpi04bfk3rl9q4w\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1_WYj9e-zkPi04Bfk3RL9q4w.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,660\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1_WYj9e-zkPi04Bfk3RL9q4w\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1_WYj9e-zkPi04Bfk3RL9q4w-1024x483.jpeg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">(The Hungarian Peng\u0151 experienced the worst hyperinflation on record, above is a banknote from the era)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6740a794 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6740a794\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-393cc04d\" data-id=\"393cc04d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1c927f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d1c927f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84534fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"84534fd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-293556f\" data-id=\"293556f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e29e7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e29e7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/venezuelan-bolivar-a-business-background-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4037\" alt=\"Venezuelan bolivar a business background\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/venezuelan-bolivar-a-business-background-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/venezuelan-bolivar-a-business-background-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/venezuelan-bolivar-a-business-background-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/venezuelan-bolivar-a-business-background-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/venezuelan-bolivar-a-business-background.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-attachment-id=\"4037\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/venezuelan-bolivar-a-business-background\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/venezuelan-bolivar-a-business-background.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1620,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Venezuelan bolivar a business background\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Venezuelan bolivar a business background&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Venezuelan bolivar a business background&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/venezuelan-bolivar-a-business-background-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">(New Venezuelan banknotes include the 500,000,000 note)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c861bd7\" data-id=\"c861bd7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fcb5a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8fcb5a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The collapse of the Venezuelan Bolivar<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7ebbd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7ebbd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"ac19\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">For many people, the only things they know about Venezuela are that it\u2019s in South America and that things are really not going well there.<\/p><p id=\"f27d\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Venezuela has always historically struggled with inflation (as have many other nations in South America) however in the last decade, they\u2019ve moved from problem to overwhelming national crisis.<\/p><p id=\"57df\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Right now a loaf of bread can cost 1,000,000 bolivars! And that comes after a gigantic devaluation just last year.<\/p><p id=\"5500\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">So how did they get into this position?<\/p><p id=\"22a5\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">The Venezuelan economy is massively reliant on oil, virtually all of their exports are centred in this notably volatile industry. Its GDP is also fundamentally linked to the sector.<\/p><p id=\"a293\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Unlike other \u2018Petrostates,\u2019 the oil industry is pretty much fully nationalised in Venezuela. This means that the government controls almost every aspect of the industry.<\/p><p id=\"6968\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">In the past, Venezuela benefited from nationalisation, the huge profits the country made from high oil prices went straight into the national treasury (rather than the pockets of oil execs).<\/p><p id=\"ec81\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">However, over time a combination of lack of investment in the sector, increasing inefficiencies and a collapse in the price of oil created the perfect economic storm.<\/p><p id=\"4882\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">As the economy faltered, democracy crumbled as the Government became ever more authoritarian. People fled, unemployment rose, oil output fell and a vicious never-ending cycle was established. The currency has been devalued twice in the last few years.<\/p><p id=\"8682\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">There is virtually no foreign investment and no road forward at the moment, especially given the push towards renewable energy rather than oil. (For example, Saudi Arabia, another Petrostate, is actively diversifying its economy so that it can survive in a post-fossil fuel world.)<\/p><p id=\"e204\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Hyperinflation in Venezuela has caused a humanitarian crisis, basic provisions like bread and medicine are increasingly unavailable. Despite nominal efforts by the Government such as launching its own crypto-currency, little is working and the future looks bleak for this country of nearly 30 million people.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8991144 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8991144\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ada921e\" data-id=\"6ada921e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72867f00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"72867f00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33ed924 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33ed924\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a290d6e\" data-id=\"a290d6e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a164106 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a164106\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The disappearance of the Zimbabwean Dollar<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adfce15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"adfce15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"a8e6\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Thankfully for the Zimbabwean people, the currency crisis that has been engulfing the nation since the mid-2000s seems to finally be coming to an end.<\/p><p id=\"5e64\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe started less than 15 years ago.<\/p><p id=\"72a7\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">At one point in 2009, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe actually printed a 100,000,000,000,000 (100 trillion) banknote which people actually used to pay for things. Although note for long, pretty much as soon as it went into circulation it didn\u2019t even cover the cost of a loaf of bread.<\/p><p id=\"dc6f\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">The crisis has its roots in the policies of Robert Mugabe.<\/p><p id=\"a6ba\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Mugabe\u2019s regime oversaw a wholesale collapse in agricultural output (one of Zimbabwe\u2019s main exports) and chronic corruption. As his rule went on, the economy and value of the currency continued to decline.<\/p><p id=\"c2e6\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Year on year food production declined, increasing the price locally for ordinary Zimbabweans in an almost exponential fashion.<\/p><p id=\"023c\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">As confidence collapsed, the regime made the error repeated throughout history of simply printing more money in ever higher denominations to keep up with prices.<\/p><p id=\"9742\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">At its peak, it cost trillions to just buy a loaf of bread.<\/p><p id=\"0105\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">The government undertook a number of devaluations and even replaced the currency, all to no avail.<\/p><p id=\"f7ee\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Today there is no national Zimbabwean currency in circulation, transactions are now almost always carried out in foreign currencies like <a href=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/knowledge-hub\/currencies\/us-dollar\/\">US Dollars<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/knowledge-hub\/currencies\/euro\/\">Euros<\/a>. Even Civil Servants are now regularly paid in these foreign currencies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f81dc7e\" data-id=\"f81dc7e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3abe3cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3abe3cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blog-Imagery10-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3820\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blog-Imagery10-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blog-Imagery10-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blog-Imagery10-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blog-Imagery10.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-attachment-id=\"3820\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/the-queens-portrait-on-the-worlds-currencies\/blog-imagery10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blog-Imagery10.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,675\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Blog Imagery10\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blog-Imagery10-1024x576.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">(Some high value Zimbabwean Dollar notes)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0929963 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0929963\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8643194\" data-id=\"8643194\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7552cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e7552cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cd744f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2cd744f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33907b5\" data-id=\"33907b5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45520cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45520cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/money-from-sudan-a-background-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4039\" alt=\"Money from Sudan, a background\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/money-from-sudan-a-background-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/money-from-sudan-a-background-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/money-from-sudan-a-background-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/money-from-sudan-a-background-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/money-from-sudan-a-background.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-attachment-id=\"4039\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/money-from-sudan-a-background\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/money-from-sudan-a-background.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1620,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Money from Sudan, a background\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Money from Sudan, a background&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Money from Sudan, a background&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/money-from-sudan-a-background-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">(Sudanese Pounds pictured above)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6c4f16\" data-id=\"c6c4f16\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9dc28f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9dc28f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other countries teetering on the brink of Hyperinflation?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4f523b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4f523b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"1735\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Whilst not formally in a period of Hyperinflation, there are a handful of currencies that are experiencing very high inflation.<\/p><p id=\"cb0c\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Sudan, Lebanon and Syria all have annual inflation rates over 100%. They are also countries that are in the grips of economic, political and humanitarian crises.<\/p><p id=\"9153\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">The worst case is Sudan, saw its currency the Sudanese Pound collapse in value at the beginning of last year.<\/p><p id=\"55b1\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">\u00a31 in Jan 2021 was worth 71 Sudanese pounds. Today it\u2019s worth nearly 600 Sudanese pounds. It now costs an average family several hundred thousand Sudanese pounds a month to survive.<\/p><p id=\"0ce9\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph ju jv im jw b jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr if gn\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Other countries have high levels of inflation, some in the 50%+ annual figures but it\u2019s worth remembering, hyperinflation technically only occurs if the currency has an inflation rate of 1000% a year!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you hear the word \u2018Hyperinflation\u2019 you probably think about that history lesson you had in school, the one about Germany between the wars where a wheelbarrow full of cash was needed to buy a loaf of bread. 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