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INFLATION in BRAZIL |
 | | In was in 1967 that the cruzeiro was renamed to cruzeiro novo (new cruzeiro), and three zeros were dropped from all denominations. |
 | | It was under the cruzeiro that the "monetary correction" mechanism was instituted, whereby every month all salaries were aoutomatically adjusted upwards to compensate for inflation. |
 | | Those same 1,000 cruzeiros, however, would be worth 1,000,000 (1 million) cruzeiros novos by 1967, 1,000,000,000 (1 billion) cruzados by 1986, 1,000,000,000,000 (1 trillion?) cruzados novos by 1989, 1,000,000,000,000,000 (1 quatrillion?) cruzeiros reais in 1993, which converted into reais at the UVR index would yield in 363,636,363,636,363 reais. |
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