If merchants in the country Zed choose to close their doors, preferring to be stuck with rotting merchandise rather than worthless currency, then one can conclude that Zed is experiencing a

A) superdeflation.
B) hyperdeflation.
C) disinflation.
D) hyperinflation.


D

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