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[[Hyperinflation]] is out of control inflation and has occurred when there is a massive imbalance between the supply and demand and a complete loss of confidence in the [[currency]].  It has occurred when prices are decontrolled by central governments, like in the [[economic collapse]] of the [[USSR]], where inflation reached over 1000% in some areas.<ref>[http://globalis.gvu.unu.edu/indicator.cfm?IndicatorID=152&Year=1995&Country=UA] Inflation Indicators Ukraine</ref>   

[[Hyperinflation]] is out of control inflation and has occurred when there is a massive imbalance between the supply and demand and a complete loss of confidence in the [[currency]].  It has occurred when prices are decontrolled by central governments, like in the [[economic collapse]] of the [[USSR]], where inflation reached over 1000% in some areas.<ref>[http://globalis.gvu.unu.edu/indicator.cfm?IndicatorID=152&Year=1995&Country=UA] Inflation Indicators Ukraine</ref>   

The worst episodes of hyperinflation historically have been in [[Weimar Germany]] in 1923 (after [[World War I]]), [[Hungary]] and [[China]] after [[World War II]], [[Chile]] under [[Salvadore Allende]], and [[Zimbabwe]] in the late 2000s.

The worst episodes of hyperinflation historically have been in [[Weimar Germany]] in 1923 (after [[World War I]]), [[Hungary]] and [[China]] after [[World War II]], [[Chile]] under [[Salvador Allende]], and [[Zimbabwe]] in the late 2000s.

At the peak of the inflationary cycle during the Weimar Republic, workers were paid twice daily in wheelbarrows. Currency was rubber-stamped with extra zeros because new currency could not be printed fast enough.

At the peak of the inflationary cycle during the Weimar Republic, workers were paid twice daily in wheelbarrows. Currency was rubber-stamped with extra zeros because new currency could not be printed fast enough.