{
  "title": "Beyond Inflation: Measuring the Real Cost of Living in Zimbabwe's Multi-Currency Economy, May 2024 – September 2026",
  "author": "Knowledge Mhodi",
  "orcid": "https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4169-0783",
  "period": "May 2024 – September 2026",
  "collected": "2026-09-28",
  "summary": "Retail prices, official statistics, exchange rates and the code used to compare Zimbabwe's official inflation, exchange rate and poverty lines with what households pay. Every number in the paper is computed by the scripts here from the data files here.",
  "citation": "Mhodi, K. (2026). Beyond Inflation: Measuring the Real Cost of Living in Zimbabwe's Multi-Currency Economy, May 2024 – September 2026 [Data and code]. https://research.zimindex.co.zw",
  "folders": {
    "data": "Price observations, the pooled supermarket shelf, basket lines, exchange rates, official statistics and tariffs, as exported from the collection database.",
    "tables": "Every table in the paper, as CSV.",
    "figures": "Every figure in the paper, as PNG.",
    "scripts": "Export, cleaning, analysis and manuscript-build code.",
    "sources": "Reference list and the external series used: World Bank, RBZ rate sheets, and the archived rates of a price-monitoring website.",
    "manuscript": "The manuscript text, with its numbers as expressions filled from results.json."
  }
}