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RAMPANT INFLATION

Specialty Definition: RAMPANT INFLATION

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Economics

A very rapid inflation which is almost impossible to reduce. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: RAMPANT INFLATION

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Economic History

Yemen

Private sector confidence in Yemen's economy had been weak throughout the 1990s due to civil unrest, rampant inflation, and an unstable currency. (references)

Burma

Rampant inflation, a chronic foreign exchange shortage, and significant local currency depreciation have all worked in concert to depress local markets. (references)

China

His proposal in May 1988 to accelerate price reform led to widespread popular complaints about rampant inflation and gave opponents of rapid reform the opening to call for greater centralization of economic controls and stricter prohibitions against Western influence. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: RAMPANT INFLATION

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989A decade of rampant inflation drained its reserves as we tried to protect beneficiaries from the spiraling cost of living.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: RAMPANT INFLATION

Language Translations for "RAMPANT INFLATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

galoperende inflation (galloping inflation, runaway inflation). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

teugelloze inflatie (galloping inflation, runaway inflation), hollende inflatie (galloping inflation, runaway inflation). (various references)

   

French

  

inflation galopante. (various references)

   

German

  

galoppierende Inflation (galloping inflation, runaway inflation). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καλπάζων πληθωρισμός (galloping inflation, runaway inflation), ασυγκράτητοσ πληθωρισμόσ. (various references)

   

Italian

  

inflazione galoppante (galloping inflation, runaway inflation). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ampantray inflationay

   

Portuguese

  

inflaçao galopante (galloping inflation, runaway inflation). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

безудержная инфляция (runaway inflation). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

inflación galopante (galloping inflation, runaway inflation), inflación desenfrenada (galloping inflation, runaway inflation). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: RAMPANT INFLATION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-f-i-i-l-m-n-n-n-o-p-r-t-t"

-4 letters: antinational, antirational, implantation.

-5 letters: impartation, nonmilitant, patrimonial.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: RAMPANT INFLATION


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 41 4D 50 41 4E 54      49 4E 46 4C 41 54 49 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01000001 01001101 01010000 01000001 01001110 01010100 00100000 01001001 01001110 01000110 01001100 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#65 &#77 &#80 &#65 &#78 &#84 &#32 &#73 &#78 &#70 &#76 &#65 &#84 &#73 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0041 004D 0050 0041 004E 0054      0049 004E 0046 004C 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

523547503548542434840463554434948

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INDEX

1. Quotations: Non-fiction
2. Quotations: Speeches
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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