Inflation-hit Zimbabwe switches to petrol currency

Desperate Zimbabweans are switching to petrol coupons as a currency after hyper-inflation made a mockery of their currency.

Inflation-hit Zimbabwe switches to petrol currency

Desperate Zimbabweans are switching to petrol coupons as a currency after hyper-inflation made a mockery of their currency.

The move reflected the complete chaos of Zimbabwe’s financial system, where prices are quoted in US dollars, in Zimbabwe’s own new currency that came out last Friday, and in its old denominations, which have 10 more zeros than the new bills.

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