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Wow, that’s a 50% monthly inflation rate!! The canned beans will be $129 in a year and almost 17k in two years.
by kmonsen 5y ago
Wow, that’s a 50% monthly inflation rate!! The canned beans will be $129 in a year and almost 17k in two years.
- angelzen 5y agoThat's how inflation behaved in many historical situations. I'm bookmarking this comment, at least I'll have the pleasure of "I told you so" if the authorities fail to bring inflation under control.
- swader999 5y agoMy cat is going to freak out if he has to only eat the dry kibbles.
- imtringued 5y agoYou mean in exceptional situations. Hyperinflation is the exception not the norm.
- angelzen 5y agoHaving lived through hyperinflation, two of the early signs are jolts in prices of common goods and shortages. I really really wish I am not going to live through another such period late in life, but who am I kidding?
- sangnoir 5y agohttps://xkcd.com/605/ https://xkcd.com/605/
- dpbriggs 5y agoThe parent comment is just an observation and isn't implying a trend. Why do you feel the need to be snarky? This inflation, hopefully just transitory, is making tight budgets even tighter.