ZIMBABWE: Currency reform treats symptoms, not problem
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- Reform objectives
- Redenomination
- Currency devaluation
- Changeover time limits
- Deposits limits
- Unexpected impacts
- Transition costs
- Commercial congestion
- Rush on goods
- Rural areas deceived
- Raised counterfeit threat
- Political fallout
- Inflation drivers
- Excessive government spending
- Foreign exchange shortage
- Shortage economy
- Short-term business perspective
- Treating symptoms
- Price controls
- Limits of 'looking east'
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