SunnySideUp

BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Zimbabwe inflation hits new high

"Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate - already the world's highest - has soared to 231,000,000%, newly released official figures for July show"

How the hell can anyone operate under such a rate?

fatherpierre

They can't - that's why the place is fooked!

dpb

95% are being f**ked over by the other 5% ( who are minting it )

SunnySideUp

You get paid, you walk home, in that time it is worthless ....... it staggers belief - it must surely be mob-rule there now?

Gear Head

iTrader: (2)

£22 for a loaf of bread!

fatherpierre

Surprised Warburtons don't relocate....

Dieseldog

It works out at 7.3% every second! By the time you've asked "how much is this loaf?" and got the answer it's doubled!

"£22, I mean £28, no sorry £34..."

David Lock

That evil **** Mugabe must be delighted with the world economic crisis as

a) The West is in a mess

b) He can blame everything on the global financial crisis

c) He is off the front pages and the fact that the supposed "Agreement" with the opposition is at a complete standstill goes largely unreported.



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ricardo

231,000,000 percent, pah - this is REAL inflation, 15 quadrillion percent ...
The Worst Episode of Hyperinflation in History: Yugoslavia 1993-94

(posted on here a while back I believe)

Clarebabes

Went to Yugoslavia a few times in the 1980s with my parents. Even then you only exchanged enough money for that day because by the next day it was worth 75% of its value from the day before. Not as bad as 15 quadrillion percent or whatever though...

TopBanana

The only way would be to be paid in real things that you can barter with... bread, cheese, bog roll etc.

dpb

The fortunate hav a member of extended family abroad otherwise your in a vey bad way,

- you can get ANYTHING you want in Zim you just need to have the forex

fatherpierre

He wasn't infracted for the initial post, or one after, so I assume the ban came from elsewhere?

Markus

Correct. Two infractions for trolling, on two other threads, both marked as private, typically indicating the threads were deleted, probably due to their odd/pointless content if they are the two threads I recall the account posting.

Graz

SunnySideUp (Lewis) in shock trolling incident.

Totally out of character I tell you.