The company supplying Zimbabwe's seemingly insatiable thirst for zeros is stopping shipments says the Wall Street Journal. This line particularly caught my attention about the awful absurdity of Zimbabwe's economy:
Vending machines, which take coins, fell out of service in Zimbabwe years ago. A single soda would require the deposit of billions of coins. Imported from South Africa and in very short supply, a Coke sells on the black market for around 15 billion Zimbabwean dollars. Civil servants mostly get paid through direct deposits into bank accounts, which limit withdrawals to 25 billion Zimbabwe dollars a day. (more here)
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