Zimbabwe inflation

[rpm]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7528974.stm

According to the BBC the unofficial inflation rate in Zimbabwe is 15 000 000 %. This means that the price of an item will increase by 1% approximately every 2 seconds

 

[supersunbird]

Eish

 

[gboy]

then if i understand it, if something cost $1 today it will cost $15 000 000 in a year

 

[Lino]

One two words for this. Holy S#it

 

[EtienneK]

Every 3.3 minutes the price of an object doubles

Brilliant!

 

[rpm]

then if i understand it, if something cost $1 today it will cost $15 000 000 in a year

Close - just divide by 100 because of % (increase by 100% = twice the price, increase by 1000% = 10 times the price etc...)