Zimbabwe shuts out foreign currency to tighten economy
By DW
11 July 2019 |
4:29 pm
With official inflation up markedly, Zimbabwe abandons the use of foreign money at home. It is intended to strengthen the local currency and ween the country off the US dollar and the South African Rand.
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