ハイパーインフレ

はいぱーいんふれ
noun
hyperinflation
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1. hyperinflation
Extremely rapid and out-of-control price inflation — typically monthly rates well above 50%. The full form is ハイパーインフレーション but the clipped form is far more common.
その国(くに)はハイパーインフレに陥(おちい)った。
That country fell into hyperinflation.
ハイパーインフレで貯金(ちょきん)の価値(かち)が消(き)えた。
Savings lost all their value to hyperinflation.
戦後(せんご)のドイツはハイパーインフレに苦(くる)しんだ典型例(てんけいれい)だ。
Post-WWI Germany is a textbook example of a country that suffered hyperinflation.

Loanword from English "hyperinflation," clipped from ハイパーインフレーション. In economic writing, often defined as monthly inflation above 50%.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • インフレ: inflation — ordinary price inflation; not necessarily severe
  • スタグフレーション: stagflation — inflation combined with economic stagnation

Related Words

Related: インフレ (inflation)
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