Economics
World’s Most Aggressive Central Bank Raises Key Rate to 200%
- Zimbabwe lifts rate from 80% to curb currency speculation
- Central bank expressed ‘great concern’ about inflation
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Zimbabwe’s central bank raised interest rates to a record and the government officially reintroduced the US dollar as legal currency to rein in surging inflation and stabilize the nation’s tumbling exchange rate.