Economy facing a ‘low animal spirit’
THE price for cash has gone up, with mobile money agents charging rates for cash as high as 40%, following the government’s decision to widen Intermediated…
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Economy on a wing and prayer
METAPHORICALLY, the economy is on a wing and a prayer. The evidence to support this assertion is abundant. For starters, the likely massive decline in tobacco…
Institutional reforms fundamental for Zim
A reformed Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is now visible on the ground and biting, highlighting the power of institutional reform.
Open letter to the President (III)
YOUR Excellency, allow me, through the mind of a farmer, address two hugely sensitive issues: Special Programme on Grains and Livestock (Command Agriculture)…
Exchange rate upward pressure on
THERE were signs this week that the grey market was slowly returning from its brief sabbatical following the monetary policy dawn raid of June 24 that called…
African banks should follow world trends
BANKING is changing on a daily basis and the latest product on board is trade finance which African banks should follow. Trade finance as an asset class is not…
Zim in austerity-induced recession
“OUTPUT in Zimbabwe is expected to contract in 2019 with a sharp rise in inflation reducing real incomes and foreign exchange shortages constraining…
Govt re-ignites currency debate
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s remarks over the weekend that Zimbabwe would have a fully-fledged local currency before the end of the year, ending the…
Super-normalising the ailing economy
KATHY Charmaz uncovered the classic grounded model she called super-normalising. She studied heart attack victims and discovered that these patients tended to…
Why is the gvt always reactive?
THE government announced that it is now amending the Competition Act to empower the Competition and Tariff Commission to levy penalties on companies that…
