Inflation has reached more than 150 percent so far this year.

By late last year, inflation had reached about 100 percent a month, from almost zero two years before.

Inflation reached 9.1% in 1975, the highest rate since 1947.

After only 100 days in office, the inflation reached a shocking 10,000%.

The Government predicted this week that inflation would reach 945 percent for the whole of 1989.

In the last 12 months alone, inflation has reached a nearly unimaginable rate of 20,000 percent a year or more.

For 1987, Mexican annual inflation reached a decade high of 159.2 percent.

Inflation continued at 15-20% a month and in August, reached 27%.

However, by 1960, inflation had reached 100 percent per annum.

Many analysts predict that inflation will reach 3 percent over the next year.