Inflation Can Get Much Worse

Tags: Central Banks, The Fed, Inflation, U.S. Economy

03/25/2023 Mark Thornton

In this episode, Mark looks at the far away minor issue of the impact of hyperinflation in Zimbabwe. Even though they have switched from Zim dollars to US dollars, ordinary people are still suffering. Their government and its inflationary monetary policy is manifesting itself in some interesting ways.

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