Inflation rose from an annual rate of 32% in 1998, to an official estimated high of 11,200,000% in August 2008 according to the country's Central Statistical Office. This represented a state of hyperinflation , and the central bank introduced a new 100 billion dollar note.On 29 January 2009, in an effort to counteract runaway inflation, acting Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa announced that Zimbabweans will be permitted to use other, more stable currencies to do business, alongside the Zimbabwe dollar.

https/en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe?iorg_service_id_internal=1547440102204384%3BAfrY9P-06gLrbAWI