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shivendrashukla Member
Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 1354 Location: Mumbai, India
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:25 pm Post subject: Zimbabwe shelves own currency for one-year |
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Quote: | HARARE: The Zimbabwean government has decided to suspend the country's national currency for a year, which has in fact already disappeared from
"The Zimbabwe dollar will be out for at least a year ....because there is nothing to support and hold its value," Economic Planning Minister Elton Mangoma told the Sunday Mail.
In January, in response to unprecedented hyperinflation, Zimbabwe legalised the use of foreign currencies including the Botswana pula, the South African rand, the United States dollar, the Euro and the British pound. The Zimbabwe dollar immediately went out of circulation.
In the past two years Zimbabwe's central bank knocked 22 zeros off the local currency as the country's economy plunged info freefall.
The highest note previously in circulation, a 10 trillion Zimbabwe dollar note, was not even enough to buy a loaf of bread.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who joined his long-time rival President Robert Mugabe in a power-sharing government, has prioritised rebuilding the shattered economy since taking office in February. |
Amazing... A 10 trillion zimbabwe dollar would not be able to buy you a loaf of bread!!!!!
Cheers
Shivendra[/code] |
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Aseem Member
Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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What a mess he has been able to make it in his lifetime. |
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