Reviewing Transitional Stabilisation Programme
THE BRETT CHULU COLUMN THE Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP), the action plan for the reforms agenda, was set to run from October 2018 to December…
Financial
Smuggling of groceries from SA a new Covid-19 frontier
FOR most families in Zimbabwe, the days leading to month-end are a painful slog because the meagre salaries people earn do not last the distance. As soon as…
IMF revises inflation forecast up
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised upwards its forecast for Zimbabwe’s inflation outlook for 2020 from its February 24 forecast of 221,1%…
What does another recession mean for Zim?
IN Equity Axis’ initial 2020 economic outlook released in January, we projected that the economy would contract by about -5% cognisant of the constrained…
Questions on IMF, Zim optimism
MEDIA reports on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV Consultation with Zimbabwe which were deliberated upon by the executive board of the…
Economic predictions, probabilities for this year
AT the beginning of 2019, I laid out my possible economic outcomes for the year and most forecasts were largely in line with year-end outturn although some…
Year 2019: A business operator’s perspective
IN 2019, business confidence hit its lowest in 10 years as companies gave a gruelling account of the operating environment and how it affected their financial…
Govt lifts ban on inflation figures
The authorities have practically lifted the moratorium on the publication of year-on-year inflation figures — the evidence is the publication of the October…
Stakes in Brexit polls and Zim’s opportune moment
Britain awaits results of a highly anticipated general election. It has been dubbed the Brexit election because Brexit is what necessitated the election, after…
Ncube’s inflation hypocrisy baffling
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube (pictured) cannot sustain the argument that the reason for banning the publication of year-over-year inflation based on the…
