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Urgent: Zimbabwe takes drastic moves to retain greenback in cash crisis

Xinhua, May 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

Zimbabwe's central bank on Wednesday announced a package of drastic measures to retain the U.S. dollar, the main circulation currency in the country, which include imposing withdrawal limits, converting corporate import receipts to other currencies, and introducing bond notes. Endit