Hyperinflation or deflation?

Hyperinflation or deflation? It depends on your standard of comparison. We have had huge inflation since 2008 when measured in shares of RIMM (Research in Motion,) for example. Today it costs 10x as many RIMM shares to buy a McDonald's burger than it did four years ago, but has the price of a burger increased that much? In Latin America, we saw in the late eighties prices doubling each month in some countries in local currencies while they were dropping in terms of dollars. Were they experiencing inflation or deflation? As Einstein pointed out, it is relative to your terms of reference. I think we will eventually have hyperinflation measured in US dollars accompanied by deflation in real terms.