782% : The reality of hyper inflation is beyond the telling of it

“The reality of hyper inflation is beyond the telling of it” – a quote from yesterday’s edition of The Telegraph (UK) (via zwnews.com). The article was titled ‘When inflation reaches 782pc’.

It’s a very true statement – there is no way I can begin to convey the experience of living with inflation like this. It is unimagineable. But seeing it written by a newspaper tells me that words have begun to fail even those whose business is writing and explaining.

I can’t explain it, but I know it in my bones. Nevertheless, I wasn’t prepared for the shock I felt – even though I am Zimbabwean – when I read on and saw this:

This is the highest inflation in the world. Second on a list put together from various international inflation sites is Iraq at 40 percent.

Zimbabwe has 782% inflation; the second worse country in the world is Iraq, with approximately 40% inflation.

Think about it…

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