'It's a nightmare': Zimbabwe struggles with hyperinflation

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AP Harare
Last Updated : Oct 10 2019 | 4:55 PM IST

When going shopping, the only thing Isaiah Macheku can budget for is shock.

Hyperinflation is changing prices so quickly in Zimbabwe that what you see displayed on a supermarket shelf might change by the time you reach the checkout.

"It is a nightmare," Macheku said. "I can't plan."
"Government officials don't want to admit the real causes and don't want to fix the real problems. People should brace for worse."
"I sent the pictures to my husband. We have to decide fast before the prices go up again," said one shopper, Marianne Hove. "He is in another supermarket sending me pictures of the prices there. We compare and decide which items to buy and from where."

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First Published: Oct 10 2019 | 4:55 PM IST

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