(Reuters) - Zimbabwe may stop publishing inflation data for one year, an effort economists say is aimed at shielding the government from embarrassment over its failure to rein in soaring prices in the economically depressed nation.
President Robert Mugabe's government has failed to release inflation figures for May and June -- it usually does so on the 10th day each month -- prompting speculation the numbers were too shocking to reveal to Zimbabweans struggling to feed themselves amid worsening food shortages and unemployment.
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President Robert Mugabe's government has failed to release inflation figures for May and June -- it usually does so on the 10th day each month -- prompting speculation the numbers were too shocking to reveal to Zimbabweans struggling to feed themselves amid worsening food shortages and unemployment.
Read more at Reuters Africa
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