Saturday, January 17, 2009
Is this the biggest cheque EVER? For Zimbabwe $1,072,418,000,000,000 ... or about £2
Officially the inflation rate in Zimbabwe is 2.2 million percent, however unofficially it's been calculated as high as 12.2 million. That's crazy. The article goes on to state that the newly created $100 billion note was no longer enough to buy a loaf of bread so they made a new $1 that is worth ten billion.
Link: http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1039909/Is-biggest-cheque-EVER-For-Zimbabwe-1-072-418-000-000-000---2.html
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Wow, that is nuts. Brings a new perspective to the old "wheelbarrow full of pesos" jokes of old...
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