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gravitycop on Jan 16, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Zimbabwe unveils 100 trillion dollar banknote

That $300 US is really only $1 US circa 1930

What data set are you using? I got $12.39 (for $1 inflating from 1930-2009; $24.20 for $300 deflating backward in time) using the standard data set at Tom's Inflation Calculator: http://www.halfhill.com/inflation.html

3pt14159 on Jan 16, 2009 [–]

Growth in the M1 index. http://www.shadowstats.com/

gravitycop on Jan 16, 2009 | [–]

Thanks. I suppose you have read this: http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2008/09/shadowstats_deb....

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