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1 Information from U.S. Inflation Calculator's Current US Inflation Rates: 2000-2023 as of February 24, 2023 : https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-inflation-rates/

2 Information from Steve H. Hanke and Alex K. F. Kwok's On the Measurement of Zimbabwe's Hyperinflation as of February 27, 2023 : https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/2009/5/cj29n2-8.pdf

3 Information from Terrence Kairiza and GRIPS Policy Information Center's Unbundling Zimbabwe's journey to hyperinflation and official dollarization as of February 27, 2023 : https://www.grips.ac.jp/r-center/wp-content/uploads/09-12.pdf

4 Information from Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's What are some of the factors that contribute to a rise in inflation? as of February 27, 2023 : https://www.frbsf.org/education/publications/doctor-econ/2002/october/inflation-factors-rise/

5 Information from Kevin Daly and Rositsa D. Chankova's Inflation in the aftermath of wars and pandemics as of February 27, 2023 : https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/inflation-aftermath-wars-and-pandemics

6 Information from Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's Supply- and Demand-Driven PCE Inflation as of February 20, 2023 : https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/indicators-data/supply-and-demand-driven-pce-inflation/

7 Information from The U.S. Department of Labor and Bureau of Labor Statistics's Consumer Price Index - January 2023 as of February 15, 2023 : https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf

8 Information from Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System's Why does the Federal Reserve aim for inflation of 2 percent over the longer run? as of February 15, 2023 : https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/economy_14400.htm

9 Information from World Economic Forum's What is hyperinflation and should we be worried? as of February 17, 2023 : https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/06/hyperinflation-inflation-interest-rate

10 Information from PBS's The German Hyperinflation, 1923 as of February 17, 2023 : https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitext/ess_germanhyperinflation.html

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