Zimbabwe’s central bank has introduced a new 100 trillion Zimbabwe dollar note. That’s one note for one hundred million million or 100 000 000 000 000 which is about 300 US dollars (ZimOnline). The level of inflation is mind boggling – how do you keep up in situations such as these?

Inflation in Zimbabwe is officially estimated at 231 million percent as of last July but which independent analysts say could be anything in the trillions.