Zimbabwe will introduce a 100 trillion dollar note, in its latest attempt to keep pace with hyperinflation that has left its once-vibrant economy in tatters, state media said Friday. The new 100,000,000,000,000 Zim-dollar bill would have been worth about 300 US dollars (225 euros) at Thursday’s exchange rate on the informal market, where most currency trading now takes place, but the value of the local currency erodes dramatically every day.

And they wonder why everyone’s using US$ where possible these days.  Great for those who can get their hands on them, less so for those that can’t…

And as if by magic, as soon as the MDC press conference is over, the ZEC release another small batch of results, and – shock! horror! – the parties are still essentially tied: MDC/Tsvangirai 77, MDC/Mutambara 5, Zanu-PF 78. It’s 10:10pm in Zimbabwe now, so that’s probably all the excitement for today. For some, the lack of movement after all the speculation will be like coming down from a high.

So you tomorrow…