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1. Various of person counting new 200-thousand Zimbabwe dollar notes 2. Various close-ups of new note 3. Various set-ups of economist, Daniel Ndlela 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Daniel Ndlela, Economist: "It means to the Zimbabwean economy that inflation has actually gone out of the window, and it simply means that prices are still going to go up in such a manner that people now need higher denominations to carry around." 5. Ndlela looking at new note 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Daniel Ndlela, Economist: "That is convenient in terms of just carrying in the pocket, very much inconvenient in terms of the price that you are going to meet as you carry that money." 7. Notes being put through counting machine 8. SOUNDIBITE: (Shona) Vox Pop, no name given: "The trend usually is that every time a new note is introduced prices go up, maybe it will be different this time because of the price blitz." 9. SOUNDIBITE: (English) Vox Pop, no name given: "I think it will help, of course you don't have to carry a lot of money with you." 10. Various of man putting money in bag STORYLINE: The central bank unveiled a new 200-thousand Zimbabwe dollar note on Tuesday, double the face value of what had been the highest denomination bill in a country where bundles of notes are needed for the simplest transactions. The Reserve Bank said in a statement circulation of the new 200-thousand Zimbabwe dollar bill from Wednesday was for "convenience" in business and individual transactions. The bill is worth 13 US dollars at the official exchange rate or one US dollar at the dominant illegal black market rate. "It means to the Zimbabwe economy that inflation has actually gone out of the window, and it simply means that prices are still going to go up in such a manner that people now need higher denominations to carry around," one Zimbabwean economist, Daniel Ndlela, told AP Television. With five bills a Zimbabwean millionaire can buy a handful of scarce food items. Runaway inflation has led to bundles of bills being needed for routine purchases. The new bill "is convenient in terms of just carrying in the pocket, very much inconvenient in terms of the price that you are going to meet as you carry that money," Ndlela said. One Harare resident was not convinced the new bill would help the situation. "The trend usually is that every time a new note is introduced prices go up, maybe it will be different this time because of the price blitz." Few businesses or even government departments, including the tax office, accept cheques, demanding cash or same-day bank-to-bank transfers, for fear the value of the currency will plummet even further before cheques can clear. Zimbabwe is in its worst economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1980, blamed largely on disruptions in the agriculture-based economy in the former regional breadbasket after the often violent seizures of thousands of white-owned commercial farms began in 2000. Last August, the central bank slashed three zeros from the currency and issued new notes, saying the old cash had become unmanageable and computerised accounting and regular electronic calculators were unable to cope with the number of digits in routine transactions. Since then, official inflation has trebled 4,500 percent, the highest in the world. Independent finance houses estimate real inflation closer to 9-thousand percent. A government edict to slash all prices last month in a bid to curb inflation has left shelves across the country bare of corn meal, meat, eggs, milk and other staples. Acute gasoline shortages have crippled transport and commuter services. The price of gas has been slashed to half the cost of importing it. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/317fc1112d32fbbfdec73ad7cdd8dd1b Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork