Zimbabwe: Local Dollar's Death Rattle

The Zimbabwe dollar halved in value every five to 10 minutes on Friday as the country crumbled to depths disastrous even by its standards.

The meltdown was graphically illustrated by hyper-inflation - the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe handed out the new Z$10 million and Z$100m notes to street traders on Friday, and is to release a Z$200 million note tomorrow. At the time of going to press, Z$100m was worth US$14.

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