Suppose the central bank in the nation of Zook attempts to pay off its national debt by printing large amounts of currency. The large increase in the money supply causes the price level to rise by 500 percent. what do you expect will happen to the value of Zook's currency?  The value of Zook's currency will ( insrease/ decrease) by (?) %.

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Suppose the central bank in the nation of Zook attempts to pay off its national debt by printing large amounts of currency. The large increase in the money supply causes the price level to rise by 500 percent. what do you expect will happen to the value of Zook's currency? 

The value of Zook's currency will ( insrease/ decrease) by (?) %. 

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