In Peru, a near hyperinflation occurred in as prices rose by about 2, percent for the year, or by 30 percent per month. However, Thayer Watkins documents that the record hyperinflation of all time occurred in Yugoslavia between and As inflation rises, people come to believe that their own currency is not a good way to store value and they attempt to exchange their domestic money for dollars.
In , 90 percent of time deposits in Bolivia were denominated in Bolivian pesos. By , the year of the Bolivian hyperinflation, more than 60 percent of time deposit balances were denominated in dollars.
What caused high inflation in Latin America? Many Latin American countries borrowed heavily during the s and agreed to repay their debts in dollars. As interest rates rose, all of these countries found it increasingly difficult to meet their debt service obligations. The high-inflation countries were those that responded to these higher costs by printing money. The Bolivian hyperinflation is a case in point. The Bolivian government responded to this situation by printing money. Faced with a shortage of funds, it chose to raise revenue through the inflation tax instead of raising income taxes or reducing other government spending.
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Kelley, A readable classic originally written in Italian. Cardoso, Eliana A. Interesting and accessible. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. A very readable overview of theoretical analyses of the welfare effects of inflation. Feldman, Gerald. The Great Disorder. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Source of the wheelbarrow picture. Fighting inflation was now seen as necessary to achieve both objectives of the dual mandate, even if it temporarily caused a disruption to economic activity and, for a time, a higher rate of joblessness.
Over time, greater control of reserve and money growth, while less than perfect, produced a desired slowing in inflation. This tighter reserve management was augmented by the introduction of credit controls in early and with the Monetary Control Act. Over the course of , interest rates spiked, fell briefly, and then spiked again. Lending activity fell, unemployment rose, and the economy entered a brief recession between January and July.
Inflation fell but was still high even as the economy recovered in the second half of But the Volcker Fed continued to press the fight against high inflation with a combination of higher interest rates and even slower reserve growth. The economy entered recession again in July , and this proved to be more severe and protracted, lasting until November The Great Inflation was over. By this time, macroeconomic theory had undergone a transformation, in large part informed by the economic lessons of the era.
The important role public expectations play in the interplay between economic policy and economic performance became de rigueur in macroeconomic models. The importance of time-consistent policy choices—policies that do not sacrifice longer-term prosperity for short-term gains—and policy credibility became widely appreciated as necessary for good macroeconomic results.
Today central banks understand that a commitment to price stability is essential for good monetary policy and most, including the Federal Reserve, have adopted specific numerical objectives for inflation.
To the extent they are credible, these numerical inflation targets have reintroduced an anchor to monetary policy. And in so doing, they have enhanced the transparency of monetary policy decisions and reduced uncertainty, now also understood to be necessary antecedents to the achievement of long-term growth and maximum employment.
Friedman, Milton. Gordon, Robert J. Meltzer, Allan H. Louis Review 87, no. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Phelps, E. Phillips, A. Siegel, Jeremy J. New York: McGraw-Hill, Steelman, Aaron. Arthur F. Burns Chairman. Paul A. Volcker Chairman. Current Fed leaders. Learn how your comment data is processed. The five worst cases of hyperinflation in world history. Written by Andrew Henderson. Feature Articles Finance.
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Initially deemed a success because it decelerated inflation, the policy had unintended consequences. It caused an imbalance in the country's supply and demand of goods, generating a different kind of inflation called demand-pull inflation , the upward pressure on prices that is caused by supply shortages. Zimbabwe's central bank continued to try various ways to undo the destabilizing effects of its tight monetary policy. These policies were largely unsuccessful.
By March the country was experiencing full-blown hyperinflation. It was only after Zimbabwe abandoned its currency and started using foreign currency as a medium of exchange that the country's hyperinflation diminished.
The initial breakup of Yugoslavia sparked hyperinflation as inter-regional trade was dismantled, leading to declining production in many industries. Further, the size of the old Yugoslavia's bureaucracy, which included a substantial military and police force, remained intact in the new Federal Republic despite the fact that it now comprised a much smaller territory. With war escalating in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, the government opted out of reducing this bloated bureaucracy and the large expenditures it required.
This only exacerbated the declining output problem, which was akin to the decimation of industrial capacity that kicked off hyperinflation in Hungary following World War II. In order to cover this deficit, the government turned to the printing press, massively inflating the money supply.
The German mark was declared the new legal tender for all financial transactions, including the payment of taxes.
It is often a symptom of crises that are already present, and it reveals the true nature of money. Rather than being just an economic object used as a medium of exchange, a store of value, and a unit of account, money is a symbol of underlying social realities. Its stability and value depend upon the stability of a country's social and political institutions.
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