UK Inflation Vs Zimbabwe Inflation

[nickmac209]

What's going on Zim inflation at 3.2% UK Inflation at 3.7% what the hell is BOE doing?

[mybrainhurts]

Think you'll find that's 3,200%, not 3.2%...

[Fittster]

HARARE Jan 18 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's inflation slowed to 3.2 percent year-on-year in December 2010 from 4.2 percent in November, the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency said on Tuesday.

On a month-on-month basis, inflation stood at -0.4 percent in December from 0.5 percent in November, Zimstats said in a statement. (Reporting by MacDonald Dzirutwe; editing by Jon Herskovitz) (Harare Newsroom: [phone])

http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAF...

[F93]

Zimbabwe lost hyperinflation about a year ago. The now use the US Dollar and Rand instead of the Zimbabwean Dollar, hence inflation there isn't actually a great level anymore.

[rs1952]

Linked to them abandoning the Zimbabwe dollar and starting to use US ones instead

[eldar]

Governments aren't always entirely honest about the real inflation figure. Odd but true

[nickmac209]