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Zimbabwe Inflation

Half Of Zimbabwe's Population Teetering On Brink Of Starvation (VIDEO)

PBS Wide Angle | Posted 03.14.2009 | World

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Once considered the "breadbasket of Africa," Zimbabwe is now struggling to feed its population. It is estimated that nearly half of Zimbabwe's 11 mill...

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Zimbabwe Unveils $50 Billion Note Which Buys 2 Loaves Of Bread

CNN | Posted 02.10.2009 | World

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Zimbabwe's central bank will introduce a $50 billion note -- enough to buy just two loaves of bread -- as a way of fighting cash shortages amid spiral...

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Zimbabwe: Hopes For a Better 2009

Caroline Gluck | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

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Caroline Gluck

2008 was an especially grim year in Zimbabwe -- and prospects for the coming year seem little better. The fact that Zimbabweans were celebrating the new year at all might seem surprising.

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Hyperinflation Chaos: Zimbabwe Forced To Print $200 Million Bills

CNN | Posted 01.06.2009 | Business

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Cash-strapped Zimbabwe revealed plans Saturday to circulate $200 million notes, just days after introducing a $100 million bill, Finance Minister Samu...

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Zimbabwe Faces 50 Million Percent Inflation, Uses Gasoline Coupons For Currency

AP | ANGUS SHAW | Posted 09.06.2008 | Business

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HARARE, Zimbabwe — Reeling from the highest inflation rate in the world, barred by the government from using U.S. dollars for purchases, Zimbabw...

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Zimbabwe's Money Worth More As eBay Novelty Than As Actual Money

AP | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business

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Amid Zimbabwe's mind-boggling hyper inflation, a new 100 billion dollar bank note has more value as a novelty item on eBay than on the streets of the ...

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Zimbabwe Inflation Hits 2.2 Million Percent

AFP | Godfrey Marawanyika | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business

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Zimbabwe's inflation rate, already the world's highest, hit an astronomical 2.2 million percent Wednesday after Robert Mugabe's re-election in a one-...

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Zimbabwe Inflation Chaos: Nation Running Out Of Bank Note Paper

LA Times | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

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It has come to this: Zimbabwe is about to run out of the paper to print money on. Fidelity Printers & Refiners, the state-owned company that tireless...

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2007's Most Unhinged Wall Street Moments

Wall Street Journal | David Gaffen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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A year filled with credit-market turmoil, eight-figure write-downs from the nation's largest financial institutions, shaky guidance from the Federal R...

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