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Feb 21 2008 12:00am EDT

Zimbabwe Datapoint of the Day

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Brian Latham reports:

The currency slumped to 20 million per dollar, from 6 million yesterday, traders including John Tonganyika said in interviews today from the capital, Harare. It's the biggest drop since Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain in 1980, said John Robertson, an independent economist based in Harare.

Looks like I bought my Z$ virtual real estate at far too high a price!

Related: The Price of Life in Zimbabwe

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