ハイパーインフレ
はいぱーいんふれ
noun
hyperinflation
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.
その国はハイパーインフレに陥った。
That country fell into hyperinflation.
ハイパーインフレで貯金の価値が消えた。
Savings lost all their value to hyperinflation.
戦後のドイツはハイパーインフレに苦しんだ典型例だ。
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:
- ハイパーインフレに陥る: to fall into hyperinflation
- ハイパーインフレが起こる: hyperinflation occurs
- ハイパーインフレ対策: anti-hyperinflation measures
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