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Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe once caused prices to double every day. Imagine your morning coffee costing twice more by tomorrow.

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At the peak of Zimbabwe’s hyperinflation in 2008, inflation was so extreme it’s often described as prices doubling in about a day (or even less for some goods). Estimates put peak inflation at roughly 79.6 billion% per month in late 2008, which implies rapidly compounding daily price jumps.

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