UPDATE 1-Zimbabwe hikes lending rate to 70% to tackle inflation <!-- no image --> <div>Zimbabwe's central bank said on Friday it had raised its overnight borrowing rate from 50% to 70% after a surge in inflation and a steep fall in the domestic currency.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=a8CXooye9_Q:PgY4G7Xr91U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=a8CXooye9_Q:PgY4G7Xr91U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=a8CXooye9_Q:PgY4G7Xr91U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=a8CXooye9_Q:PgY4G7Xr91U:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=a8CXooye9_Q:PgY4G7Xr91U:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/a8CXooye9_Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters