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In some extreme historical episodes, prices have doubled every few days, forcing people to spend wages the moment they're paid.
Hyperinflation happens when a currency loses trust so completely that prices spiral upward at an extreme pace, sometimes doubling in days. It often starts when a government prints huge amounts of money, and as people realize cash is losing value fast, they rush to spend it, pushing prices up even faster.
A brief price spike lasting only days describes ordinary volatility, not a sustained currency collapse. Freezing prices is the opposite response, something governments try to fight inflation, not a description of hyperinflation itself.
In extreme cases prices rose so fast shopkeepers changed tags several times a day, and some countries eventually removed zeros from their currency to escape the spiral.
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