• ramble81@lemmy.zip
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    4 hours ago

    The second point is kind of true. I remember when Germany switched from the DM to the EUR, prices almost doubled overnight because they just swapped the currency symbol without paying attention to the exchange rate.

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      4 hours ago

      This was true for some goods but not most. Grocery stores would list both currencies for a year and people from Poland are still crossing the border to buy groceries so it can‘t be that expensive.