Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Zimbabwe Attempts to Fight Inflation

Zimbabwe's central bank governor says he is knocking 10 zeros off the country's hyper-inflated currency to make 10 billion dollars become one dollar...

Just last week Gono introduced a new 100 billion-dollar note that is not enough to buy a loaf of bread.

Gono said on Aug. 1 the bank will issue a 500-dollar bill equivalent to 5 trillion dollars at the current rate.

read the CNN story

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