Offers at the auction ranged from $5 850 to $6 225 way below the black market and mobile money rate which is $9 600.
There have been increasing calls by the private sector to liberalise the exchange rate because the auction rate is way too low.
Prices are expected to rise again, sending ordinary Zimbabweans to the open market which charges its goods in United States dollars and is therefore cheaper than the chain supermarkets.
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