We have walked the talk on inflation, says Zim finance minister
The consumer price index shows annual costs rose 521% in December, the most since the hyperinflation of 2009
22 January 2020 - 13:13
Singapore — Zimbabwean inflation is beginning to stabilise, even with consumer prices increasing more than 500% on an annual basis, finance minister Mthuli Ncube said.
Year-on-year inflation remains high, “but that’s expected, that happens when you liberalise a currency”, Ncube said on Wednesday in an interview with Bloomberg TV at the World Economic Forum in Davos...
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