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Zimbabwe hikes lending rate to 70% to tackle inflation

Fri, 13th Sep 2019 15:19

HARARE, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's central bank said onFriday it had raised its overnight borrowing rate from 50% to70%, after a surge in inflation and a steep fall in the domesticcurrency.

Zimbabweans face triple-digit annual inflation as thegovernment has taken steps to relaunch a national currency.

The central bank added, in a monetary policy statement, thatit was introducing dollar-denominated savings bonds to try tostimulate greater saving.(Reporting by Alexander Winning and MacDonald Dzirutwe; Editingby Kevin Liffey)

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