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Inflation is a rise in prices and a depreciation of the currency.

The Confederate dollar was not based on assets, but only on the promise of future victory.

Owing to the Union Naval blockade, the South could not import or export, and its economy stagnated. Demand for basic commodities rocketed, causing steady inflation. By 1864, the Confederate dollar was only worth about 5 cents.

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