president who succeeded long term ruler robert mugabe in 2017 after a military coup is blaming the private sector opposition groups and some western countries as an economic crisis zimbabwe has struggled to stabilize its global currency since reintroducing it. there's a barbie doll it keeps devaluing inflation is nearly 800 percent the highest rate in a decade that's why investors with cash prefer to avoid their money losing value. economists say suspending most money transactions in a country with a serious shortage of bank notes is problematic people can slip a utility bills and goods but the number of transactions per day are limited. as shortages of food fuel and cash persist government workers are threatening to strike if they're not paid in american dollars they say there's a barbie doll is devaluing too fast and more and more people and businesses don't want to use it. for this week if you'd like to comment on anything that you've seen you can tweet me a finnigan on twitter please use the hash tag and see what you can do or you could drop us a line counting the cost of that is our e