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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Why can't countries with high inflation stop printing bills?
gpt
Because they have bills to pay. Domestic and foreign. Every government has to pay its civil servants. If there is a high rate of inflation it makes sense for the government to maintain the loyalty of its bureaucracy. Governments can get into a cycle of hyperinflation where prices are raised every day by significant amounts. This means that the price the government has to spend for labor, supplies, etc. increases.

Oftentimes when central banks aren't independent of the political leadership (executive) in a country hyperinflation can result. For instance Robert Mugabe wasn't much concerned about the hyperinflation in Zimbabwe because his share of the economy remained the same. He was able to export diamonds and as long as he could keep adding zeros to the money his cronies were paid he was still king of the mountain. Hyperinflation wipes out savings but it also makes debts (in the hyperinflated currency) less burdensome. This however doesn't extend to debts in say.. the reserve currency of the world.