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hyperinflation

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Definition

When a country's prices rise so fast that money loses meaningful value within weeks.

An extreme monetary regime — typically defined by month-over-month price increases above 50% — used in the inverse-scaling LLM forecasting paper as a regime-change test case (e.g., Brazil 1985-1989).

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    When Smarter Models Forecast Worse: The Hidden Failure Mode in LLM Predictions