Lessons from Zim’s currency (II)
SUB-phase I of Phase II (February 2009 to June 24 2019) of Zimbabwe’s currency evolution gave way to sub-phase II, the post-Government of National Unity…
Financial
Lending to govt, its implications
Zimbabwe’s banks have slowed down on lending to the private sector while accumulating more sovereign paper, an undertaking which clearly shows the…
Economic deception has its limits
THERE is a limit to deception - the numbers on the economy are telling the real story, not the utopian view painted by our monetary and fiscal authorities.…
Lessons from Zim’s currency (I)
THE purpose of this article is to explore the extent to which money supply growth not backed by real economic growth in Zimbabwe has impacted on the value of…
Lack of intellectual independence retards Monetary Policy Committee
Continued from last week Qualifications, a proxy for knowledge and skill, are just one aspect of courting market respect — it is the deployment of that…
Zimdollar and the quest for redemption
A NEW currency is in town and this week we witnessed its physical manifestation exactly four-and-a-half months after its official return. Since February,…
Cat-and-mouse economics
SO much has happened in our economy in the past week. The state media went to town about a consignment of agricultural equipment said to be worth US$20 million…
No prospects of return to a multi-currency regime
ZIMBABWE’S central bank deputy governor Jesimen Chipika says the nation is grappling with symptomatic challenges instead of tackling structural problems in…
Hyperinflationary accounting
A VERY significant development in our economy happened this week — the Public Accountants and Auditors Board (PAAB) officially announced that listed firms…
Inclusivity the only solution
OUR series on the mechanics of corruption continues. I will argue that to get us out of the vicious cycle of economic decline and the (engineered) poverty…
