{"id":4579,"date":"2019-02-26T14:45:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T14:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=4579"},"modified":"2019-02-26T14:45:29","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T14:45:29","slug":"zims-annual-inflation-rate-is-279-steve-hanke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zims-annual-inflation-rate-is-279-steve-hanke","title":{"rendered":"Zim\u2019s Annual Inflation Rate Is 279% \u2013 Steve Hanke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Hanke, an American applied economist at the\u00a0Johns Hopkins University\u00a0in\u00a0Baltimore, Maryland and Senior Fellow and Director of the Troubled Currencies Project at the libertarian\u00a0Cato Institute in Washington, DC has thrashed Zimbabwean government officials\u2019 method of calculating inflation. Said, Hanke:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/02\/Hanke-Inflation-1024x678-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2019\/02\/Hanke-Inflation-1024x678-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2019\/02\/Hanke-Inflation-1024x678-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2019\/02\/Hanke-Inflation-1024x678.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Zimbabwe\u2019s annual inflation rate, measured accurately using PPP methodology, is 279%, almost 5 times the official, government rate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Hanke, an American applied economist at the\u00a0Johns Hopkins University\u00a0in\u00a0Baltimore, Maryland and Senior Fellow and Director of the Troubled Currencies Project at the libertarian\u00a0Cato Institute in Washington, DC has thrashed Zimbabwean government officials\u2019 method of calculating inflation. 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