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

Annual inflation dropped from the thousands of percent to nearly zero.

Because some prices have fallen, the nation's annual inflation has been a very mild 3 percent or less in recent months.

Annual inflation at one time ran about 140 percent.

If annual inflation is lower than 2.4 percent, then Treasuries would be a better bet.

You may also wish to adjust your calculation to allow for annual inflation.

This is the largest fall in annual inflation since between May and June 2009.

Financial experts said this was the highest level ever reached in Brazil and pointed toward an annual inflation of more than 1,000 percent.

Although annual inflation continues to hover around 37 percent, optimism is growing.

If that rate held for 12 straight months - unlikely but not unthinkable - annual inflation would top 410,000 percent.