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An Empirical Examination of the Dynamics of Negative Inflation in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe experienced price stability since the adoption of multicurrency system in February 2009. The country has, however, been experiencing sustained decline in inflation since January 2012. This is against a background of massive declines in global food, mineral and oil commodity prices; appreciation of the US$ against the country’s major trading partner currencies and low domestic capacity utilization.

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