hyperinflation Archives

Inflation Clues From Sticky Prices

To solve the mystery created by the inflation worries that are in the news, we can look at sticky and flexible prices.

Weekly Economic News Roundup and mobile money

The Travels of Mobile Money

Zimbabwe’s monetary crises used to create money laundering…literally. To preserve their limited supply of worn U.S. dollars, households had to wash them: Now though, they have a new solution. Going Cashless Mobile money has become increasingly popular. Wherever hyperinflation is…

Weekly Economic News Roundup and Venezuela's hyperinflation

Money and Banking

The Chaos Created By Venezuela’s Soaring Inflation Rate

When Venezuela’s inflation rate entered the stratosphere, it created chaos that shifted the rhythm and rationality of daily life.

Money and Banking

The Money That People Won’t Spend

Swinging from hyperinflation to deflation, the value of Zimbabwe currency has created uncertainty for more than a decade.

Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup: From Venezuela’s French Fries to the Army’s Pizza

Posts Roundup Sunday 11.01.15 How to be inches away from getting hired…more Monday 11.02.15 Why one-child could be here to stay…more Tuesday 11.03.15 The army food we eat at home…more Wednesday 11.04.15 What a pizza can teach us…more Thursday 11.05.15 The tough part of deciding who…

Business

How to Make the Invisible Hand Disappear

With shortages of basic necessities, price controls, lack of foreign exchange and rising prices, Venezuela’s inflation rate is soaring.

Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup: From More Money to Fewer Restrooms

Our everyday economics includes scarcity, tradeoffs, cost, sustainability, hyperinflation, gender issues, externalities, African development, human capital.

Economic History

Where to Spend 100 Trillion (Zimbabwe) Dollars

Coping with hyperinflation, Zimbabwe finally had to replace their currency with the US. dollar. A low inflation rate should be their monetary policy goal.

Business

What We Can Learn from Venezuelan Inflation

Shortages, long lines, and panic buying are several ways that hyperinflation is creating chaos for local and foreign firms and consumers in Venezuela.

Everyday economics: Looking at the CPI and beyond, there are many ways to calculate the inflation rate.

Economic History

Expanding How We Measure Inflation

Our CPI measure of the inflation rate has been debated because it could be calculated using a chained CPU, could be real time, and excludes some seniors.