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“Zimbabwe Inflation Rate Hits 7,600 pc”
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 8-23-2007 | Sebastien Berger

Posted on 08/23/2007 5:29:37 PM PDT by blam

“Zimbabwe inflation rate hits 7,600 pc”

By Sebastien Berger, Southern Africa Correspondent
Last Updated: 1:04am BST 23/08/2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Zimbabwe issued its first official inflation statistics for three months yesterday, revealing a new record high and confirming the ineffectiveness of Robert Mugabe’s price control campaign.

Figures from Zimbabwe’s Central Statistical Office showed inflation reached 7,634.8 per cent in July, the highest in the world. It was 7,251.1 per cent in June and 4,530 per cent in May, it added.

The precision of the inflation numbers is remarkable given the chaos of the Zimbabwean economy and some analysts believe the real figure is much higher.

The International Monetary Fund has predicted inflation could reach 100,000 per cent by the end of the year and Christopher Dell, the outgoing US ambassador, suggested 1.5 million per cent.”