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What Causes Inflation?

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How to Measure Inflation

Inflation is usually between about one and a half percent to three and ahalf percent annually in the US. In the early 80s it was as high as almost 14 percent that's bad Yeah, it was very bad But not as bad as like the YMR Republic Germany or Zimbabwe which we've talked about a million times where their hyperinflation was just out of control.

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