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2006-12-05 Africa Subsaharan
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister is too optimistic-analysts
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Posted by Fred 2006-12-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 He also expects Zimbabwe’s inflation to fall by 350%.

So what's that get it down to, about 1000%?
Nice job, Herbie!
Posted by tu3031 2006-12-05 00:21||   2006-12-05 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 He also expects Zimbabwe’s inflation to fall by 350%.

Ran out of paper to print money.
Posted by ed 2006-12-05 00:24||   2006-12-05 00:24|| Front Page Top

#3 I know it's on my vacation itinerary.....soon
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-12-05 00:28||   2006-12-05 00:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Your pocket change would make you the richest SOB in town.
Posted by .com 2006-12-05 01:16||   2006-12-05 01:16|| Front Page Top

#5 If you are white, you would have to be mad to go to Zimbabwe : if you were not attacked by one of the local gangs as a "settler", you would be propping up one of the most genocidal regimes on the continent. Besides which, deathwatch tourism is far too close to gladiatorial spectacles for any normal person.
Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-12-05 03:51||   2006-12-05 03:51|| Front Page Top

#6 agriculture sector will grow by 6.4%

Farmin B. Hard has finally got the white tourists he's been asking for?

mining sector will grow by 4.9%

Chinese companies using imported labor?
Posted by Jackal">Jackal  2006-12-05 07:21|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]  2006-12-05 07:21|| Front Page Top

#7 According to him, Zimbabwe's agriculture sector will grow by 6.4%

This feat is to be accomplished by reclassifying weeds as crops.
Posted by RWV 2006-12-05 08:24||   2006-12-05 08:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Our Lichen farming industry has shown huge growth....
Posted by Herbert Mererwa">Herbert Mererwa  2006-12-05 08:59||   2006-12-05 08:59|| Front Page Top

#9 profits in the Rust and Dust industry have climbed substantially too . I for one praise our mighty leader !
Posted by A.Miner 2006-12-05 09:04||   2006-12-05 09:04|| Front Page Top

#10 Personally, I'm long on Despair futures.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2006-12-05 10:43||   2006-12-05 10:43|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm guessing that putting out realistic assessments in ZimBob is pretty hazardous to your health.

Go ahead, call me a pessimist.
Posted by mojo">mojo  2006-12-05 15:33||   2006-12-05 15:33|| Front Page Top

#12 "Everything's fine! We've stopped to take on some ice, for the beverages, from this iceberg!"
Posted by Captain of the Titanic">Captain of the Titanic  2006-12-05 16:37||   2006-12-05 16:37|| Front Page Top

#13 Next year everybody will eat their neighbor so yes inflation will go down and the economy improve. See I made the positive report now eat the defense minister not me Robert.

Posted by 3dc 2006-12-05 23:17||   2006-12-05 23:17|| Front Page Top

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