O Intermitente
(So long, farewell, auf weidersehen, good-bye)

sexta-feira, maio 16, 2003

Um País na Falência

Um artigo do Times Online relata o estado a que chegou e economia do Zimbabwe.

Officially inflation is running at 228 per cent. In reality it is out of control. The official exchange rate is 824 Zimbabwe dollars to one US dollar but on the black market it is 2,200. A white loaf cost five Zimbabwe dollars in 1998; it now costs 350. A businessman carjacked in the affluent suburb of Borrowdale last month offered 10 million dollars as reward for his year-old Mercedes SUV. That was the sum listed in the national budget ten years ago for procuring vehicles for the entire police force. The central bank still refuses to print denominations bigger than 500 dollars. At banks, depositors line up with sacks of money. At the withdrawal counter, tellers and customers can barely see each other over the wall of notes.

ps: para que não façam confusão a moeda do Zimbabwe também se chama dólar. Não confundir com o americano...

posted by Miguel Noronha 12:16 da tarde