The document discusses the nature of money, its forms, and the concept of inflation. It uses Zimbabwe's hyperinflation case to illustrate the consequences of excessive money printing, leading to soaring prices and diminished purchasing power. The extreme inflation rate reached 79.6 billion percent in 2008, demonstrating the severe economic implications of uncontrolled money supply.

1. Money is a medium of
exchange in the form of coins
and banknotes.
It can also be digital in form
Of cards and bank accounts.
WHAT IS MONEY?

2. WHAT WOULD LIKE TO DO
WITH LOTS OF MONEY?

3. CAN OUR COUNTRY PRINT
MONEY AND GET RICH?
YES,we can print as much money as we
want, and we don’t need to have any gold
to back our currency. But, we wont get
rich.

4. CASE STUDY
•As demand goes up price
has to be increased.
•Thus,a car which can be
bought for 10,000Rs is now
priced at 20,000Rs.
•This is Inflation.
10000 Rs.
Inflation: A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
20000 Rs.

5. Zimbabwe
In 1991,zimbabwe started printing a
whole lot of notes thinking that people
will have more money.
What in turn happened was even a
single egg ended up costing
thousands of Zimbabwean dollars.

6. Zimbabwean Currency
HYPERINFLATION
Every Zimbabwean
was a billionaire
Hyperinflation is very high inflation.

7. 10,000,000ZWD would only buy you a
loaf of bread.
HYPERINFLATION
Inflation Rate at 79,600,000,000% in
2008
65Rs. for 35,000,000,000,000,000ZWD
That’s 35 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars.
That’s 79 billion six hundred million increased since
1980 when it was 7%.

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