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I guess the US's inflation rate isn't as high compared to some others. 150,000% inflation, $1 a month ago is now worth 0.0006$.

HARARE, Zimbabwe — The official rate of annual inflation in Zimbabwe has rocketed past the 100,000 percent barrier, by far the highest in the world, the state central statistical office said Thursday. Second-place Iraq has inflation of just 60 percent, according to international estimates.

In a brief statement, the statistics office said inflation rose to 100,580 percent in January, up from 66,212 in December. A further breakdown of its calculations would be released later, officials said.

The new official figure was still well below the rate calculated by independent analysts. They estimate the real inflation is closer to 150,000 percent, citing supermarket receipts showing the price of chicken rose more than 236,000 percent to 15 million Zimbabwe dollars, or about $2.15, per kilogram (2.2 pounds) between January 2007 and January 2008. Slower increases in prices of sugar, tea and other basics brought down the overall average inflation.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/806692,zim022108.article
Most delicious 15 million I ever spent.


Something like that happened with the Turkish Lira some time ago.