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Inflation in other countries then the U.S

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Democracy for Breakfast posted on Tue, Oct 20 2009 12:09 AM

Apparently, the U.S doesn't suffer from inflation as much as other countries, and those countries don't even HAVE The Federal Reserve system that is in the U.S. Why is this?

 

-Zulu that suffers from 1000% price increases from inflation.

 

2007:

1. Zimbabwe – 1,033.5%
2. Iraq – 53.2%
3. Guinea – 30.0%
4. San Tome and Principe – 23.1%
5. Yemen – 20.8%
6. Burma – 20.0%
7. Uzbekistan – 19.8%
8. Congo, Democratic Republic of the –
18.2%
9. Afghanistan – 16.3%
10. Serbia – 15.5%

And the 10 countries with the lowest inflation during 2007:

1. Nauru – –3.6%
2. Vanuatu – –1.6
3. San Marino – –1.5
4. Barbados – –0.5
5. Seychelles – -0.4
6. Dominica – –0.1
7. Japan – 0.2
8. Niger – 0.2
9. Kiribati – 0.5
10. Antigua and Barbuda – 0.6

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Answered (Verified) Daniel replied on Tue, Oct 20 2009 12:23 AM
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Democracy for Breakfast:

Apparently, the U.S doesn't suffer from inflation as much as other countries, and those countries don't even HAVE The Federal Reserve system that is in the U.S. Why is this?

 

-Zulu that suffers from 1000% price increases from inflation.

 

2007:

1. Zimbabwe – 1,033.5%
2. Iraq – 53.2%
3. Guinea – 30.0%
4. San Tome and Principe – 23.1%
5. Yemen – 20.8%
6. Burma – 20.0%
7. Uzbekistan – 19.8%
8. Congo, Democratic Republic of the –
18.2%
9. Afghanistan – 16.3%
10. Serbia – 15.5%

And the 10 countries with the lowest inflation during 2007:

1. Nauru – –3.6%
2. Vanuatu – –1.6
3. San Marino – –1.5
4. Barbados – –0.5
5. Seychelles – -0.4
6. Dominica – –0.1
7. Japan – 0.2
8. Niger – 0.2
9. Kiribati – 0.5
10. Antigua and Barbuda – 0.6

Zimbabwe – Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
Iraq – Central Bank of Iraq
Guinea – Bank of Papua New Guinea
San Tome and Principe – Banco Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe
Yemen – Central Bank of Yemen 
Burma – Central Bank of Myanmar 
Uzbekistan – Ўзбекистон Республикаси Марказий банки
Congo, Democratic Republic of the – Banque Centrale du Congo
Afghanistan – Afghanistan Bank
Serbia – National Bank of Serbia

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Answered (Verified) Daniel replied on Tue, Oct 20 2009 12:23 AM
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Democracy for Breakfast:

Apparently, the U.S doesn't suffer from inflation as much as other countries, and those countries don't even HAVE The Federal Reserve system that is in the U.S. Why is this?

 

-Zulu that suffers from 1000% price increases from inflation.

 

2007:

1. Zimbabwe – 1,033.5%
2. Iraq – 53.2%
3. Guinea – 30.0%
4. San Tome and Principe – 23.1%
5. Yemen – 20.8%
6. Burma – 20.0%
7. Uzbekistan – 19.8%
8. Congo, Democratic Republic of the –
18.2%
9. Afghanistan – 16.3%
10. Serbia – 15.5%

And the 10 countries with the lowest inflation during 2007:

1. Nauru – –3.6%
2. Vanuatu – –1.6
3. San Marino – –1.5
4. Barbados – –0.5
5. Seychelles – -0.4
6. Dominica – –0.1
7. Japan – 0.2
8. Niger – 0.2
9. Kiribati – 0.5
10. Antigua and Barbuda – 0.6

Zimbabwe – Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
Iraq – Central Bank of Iraq
Guinea – Bank of Papua New Guinea
San Tome and Principe – Banco Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe
Yemen – Central Bank of Yemen 
Burma – Central Bank of Myanmar 
Uzbekistan – Ўзбекистон Республикаси Марказий банки
Congo, Democratic Republic of the – Banque Centrale du Congo
Afghanistan – Afghanistan Bank
Serbia – National Bank of Serbia

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A lot of these countries have to inflate to pay off their IMF loans. See zimbabwe here.

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How does that matter?

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They have a monopolist central bank, just like the US.

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The reason their inflation is higher, is they are not able to borrow money, would be my guess.  The U.S. does not have high inflation yet because people keep financing the governments debt.

At most, 5% of the population would need to stop complying to bring down the government.

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Snowflake:

A lot of these countries have to inflate to pay off their IMF loans. See zimbabwe here.

Fuck the IMF.

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Daniel replied on Thu, Oct 22 2009 5:28 PM

Democracy for Breakfast:

Snowflake:

A lot of these countries have to inflate to pay off their IMF loans. See zimbabwe here.

Fuck the IMF.

This.

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Wanderer replied on Sun, Oct 25 2009 12:05 AM

Democracy for Breakfast:

Snowflake:

A lot of these countries have to inflate to pay off their IMF loans. See zimbabwe here.

Fuck the IMF.

I could not agree more.

 

But anyways, Germany was renowned for having low inflation in the post-war years, allegedly due to the Bundesbank's independence from the Bundestag.  The European Central Bank is based on the Bundesbank.

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