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Re:Turkey’s inflation soars to 73%, a 23-year high, as food ... by FredPret on Saturday June 04, 2022 @10:29AM (#31620730)
It’s the increase per year. Prices can go up, say 5x in a year, which would be 500%. Sometimes inflation hits millions of percent.
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Re:Turkey’s inflation soars to 73%, a 23-year high, as food ... by LudwigNagasena on Saturday June 04, 2022 @10:38AM (#31620830)
That would be 400%.
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Re:Turkey’s inflation soars to 73%, a 23-year high, as food ... by FredPret on Saturday June 04, 2022 @12:22PM (#31622218)
Correct, yes, off by 1 (00%)
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