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RUNAWAY INFLATION

Specialty Definition: RUNAWAY 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: RUNAWAY INFLATION

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Economic History

Russia

The result was a rapid decline in the value of the ruble, flight of foreign investment, delayed payments on sovereign and private debts, a breakdown of commercial transactions through the banking system and the threat of runaway inflation. (references)

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

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Speeches: RUNAWAY INFLATION

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Prophets of doom predicted that the United States could not escape a runaway inflation during the war and an economic collapse after the war.

Gerald Ford

1974-1977We all know from recent experience what runaway inflation does to ruin every other worthy purpose.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989The only alternative being offered to this economic program is a return to the policies that gave us a trillion dollar debt, runaway inflation, runaway interest rates, and unemployment.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: RUNAWAY INFLATION

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

Danish

  

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

   

Dutch

  

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

   

French

  

inflation galopante. (various references)

   

German

  

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

   

Greek 

  

καλπάζων πληθωρισμός (galloping inflation, rampant inflation). (various references)

   

Italian

  

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

   

Pig Latin

  

unawayray inflationay

   

Portuguese

  

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

   

Russian 

  

безудержная инфляция (rampant inflation). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

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

   

Turkish

  

yüksek enflasyon. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: RUNAWAY INFLATION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-f-i-i-l-n-n-n-o-r-t-u-w-y"

-4 letters: inflationary.

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INDEX

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


  

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