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hyperinflation

ハイパーインフレ — Phenomena

Prices rising at a pace that can no longer be got hold of.

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It reaches a stage where money must be spent on the day wages are received, or it will lose value. ⚠ At this point, people stop saving in their own country's currency. Of the three functions of money, "store of value" is the first to break down, followed by "unit of account."