Outside the Numbers
The Worst Hyperinflation Scenarios of All Time * Greece, Oct. 1944 Highest monthly inflation: 13,800% Prices doubled every: 4.3 days * Germany, Oct. 1923 Highest monthly inflation: 29,500% Prices doubled every: 3.7 days * Yugoslavia, Jan. 1994 Highest monthly inflation: 313,000,000% Prices doubled every: 1.4 days * Zimbabwe, Nov. 2008 Highest monthly inflation: 79,600,000,000% Prices doubled every: 24.7 hours * Hungary 1946 Highest monthly inflation: 13,600,000,000,000,000% Prices doubled every: 15.6 hours *Figures courtesy of CNBC. |