Argentina has defaulted on its debt- again-and faces a risk of runaway inflation.

阿根廷再次拖欠债务，并面临恶性通货膨胀的风险。

For one thing there is runaway inflation and a distorted exchange rate.

其一是恶性通货膨胀和混乱的汇率。

As bad as runaway inflation is, though, the opposite — deflation — can be even worse.

然而，与失控的通货膨胀一样糟糕的是，相反的情况——通货紧缩——可能更糟糕。

However when the price of goods not only rises but accelerates, there is a danger of what's known as runaway inflation.

然而，当商品价格不仅上涨，而且加速上涨时，就存在所谓的通胀失控的危险。

If we want to prevent runaway inflation for trees, right now would be a really good time to stop printing more money.

如果我们想保护树木，阻止这种恶性通货膨胀，现在就是停止制造更多碳的好时机。

Runaway inflation and shortages of basic necessities such as food, medicine, and clean water have made life for the average Venezuelan extremely difficult.

失控的通货膨胀以及食品、药品和清洁水等基本生活必需品的短缺，使委内瑞拉普通人的生活极其困难。

It might give those in less developed countries access to the financial system and a means to protect hard-earned wages against runaway inflation.

这种数字货币可能会使欠发达国家的人成功进入金融体系，并保护辛苦挣来的工资不受失控通胀的影响。

It's currently dealing with runaway inflation, prices around 70 percent higher at the end of last year than they were the year before.

目前该国正在应对失控的通货膨胀，去年年底的价格比前年高出约70%。

Ultimately, this is tantamount to financing government borrowing through the back-door—something that tends to end up with markets pricing in runaway inflation.

最终，这无异于通过后门为政府借款提供资金——这往往最终导致市场定价失控的通胀。

Protesters burned down politicians' houses and a museum dedicated to the Rajapaksas, whom they blame for crippling shortages of food and fuel and for runaway inflation.

抗议者烧毁了政客们的房屋和一座纪念拉贾帕克萨家族的博物馆，他们指责拉贾帕克萨家族造成了严重的食品和燃料短缺，还造成了失控的通货膨胀。

The worst-case scenario could be runaway inflation like that seen in America in the period known as the Great Inflation rates spiked to over 14% by 1980.

最坏的情况可能是通货膨胀失控，就像美国在 1980 年大通货膨胀率飙升至 14% 以上的时期那样。

But if inflation doesn't cool, the Fed's hands may be tied: the fed may have to decide which is a bigger risk — runaway inflation or a plunging stock market.

但如果通胀不降温，美联储的“手”就可能会被绑住：美联储可能不得不对哪个风险更大做出决定——失控的通胀还是暴跌的股市。

Most famously, when he reached Alexandria, at the time one of the most cultured cities in the world, he spent so much gold that he caused runaway inflation throughout the city that took years to recover from.

最著名的是，当他到达当时世界上最有文化的城市之一亚历山大港时，他花费了大量黄金，导致整个城市通货膨胀失控，通货膨胀需要数年时间才能恢复。