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Mostly summarized from Gregory Mankiw’s Principles of Economics, 5th Ed. PART 10 Money and Prices in the Long Run Chapter 29 of 36 Money Growth and Inflation Section 12 of 29 … Figure 4 - The quantity of money and the price level during four hyperinflations In each case, the quantity of money and the price level move closely together. The strong association between these two variables is consistent with the quantity theory of money which states growth in the money supply is the primary cause of inflation. … Occurrences of hyperinflation offer data we can use to study the effects of money on the economy. With hyperinflation there are huge changes in the money supply and price level. Hyperinflation is defined as inflation exceeding 50% per month. This results in the price level increasing more than a hundred times over a year. Data on hyperinflation show a direct link between the quantity of money and the price level. … Figure 4 graphs data from four hyperinflations that occurred i...