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To: ctdonath2
When a currency is devaluing at the rate of >7% per second, it means nothing.

How do you figure 7% per second? Depending upon which inflation figure in the article is accurate, the rate would be 4% or 11.5% per day. Worthless for any long-term holding, but if someone collects his wages and spends them within a day or two, they would still have the vast majority of their value.

If the value of currency were diminishing at a rate of 7% per hour, that would translate into 507%/day, 8,639,222%/week, or 322,793,860,257,058,127,513,406%/month. A figure of 7% per second would seem nonsensical.

12 posted on 10/09/2008 10:11:28 PM PDT by supercat
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To: supercat

Check your math.


13 posted on 10/10/2008 5:57:35 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. - Ratatouille)
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