通货膨胀作为商品经济中的一种经济现象,早期曾在北美个别殖民地出现过。就美国整体而言,最早的通货膨胀发生在独立战争时期,从1776至1780年,约持续5年时间。这次通货膨胀是人为造成的,是政府为了筹集战争款项大量发行通货的结果。然而,由于此举带来原先未曾预料到的问题,美国又不得不采取反通货膨胀措施。这是美国历史上,政府试图通 Inflation, an economic phenomenon in the commodity economy, had been found in earlier colonies in North America. As far as the United States as a whole is concerned, the earliest inflation took place during the War of Independence. From 1776 to 1780, it lasted about five years. This inflation was artificially caused and was the result of the government’s massive circulation of currency in order to raise the war. However, the United States had to resort to anti-inflation measures as a result of the unforeseen problems it caused. This is the history of the United States, the government tried to pass