Gold edged higher as traders weighed the outlook for US monetary policy ahead of a key speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell later this week.Bullion traded near US$3 330 an ounce as markets aw...
By Staff reporter | Published: 21 August 2025
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has announced plans for a structured transition from the current multicurrency system to a domestic monetary framework, aimed at ensuring business continuity and eco...
By Staff reporter | Published: 13 August 2025
The Zimbabwean government has made notable progress in repaying its external debt, with a total of US$176.28 million paid during the first six months of 2025, according to data released by the Ministr...
By Staff reporter | Published: 10 August 2025
Zimbabwe has revised its mining sector growth forecast downward for 2025, citing a sharp drop in global prices for key minerals including platinum group metals (PGMs) and lithium, Finance Minister Mth...
By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2025
Zimbabweans are increasingly pledging household items such as beds, fridges, and other personal property as collateral to secure small loans from financial institutions, highlighting the dire state of...
By Staff reporter | Published: 08 August 2025
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on Thursday reaffirmed its tight monetary policy stance as a key strategy to conserve the local currency, despite mounting pressure from industry players to ease bor...
By Staff reporter | Published: 08 August 2025
Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube on Thursday declared a budget surplus of ZWG3.3 billion for the first half of 2025, despite revealing that just 35.5% of the approved National Bu...
By Staff reporter | Published: 31 July 2025
Zimbabwe's export economy remains firmly anchored in its traditional staples of tobacco and gold, while imports are still dominated by fuel, vehicles, and machinery, according to the latest Trade and ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 29 July 2025
The latest inflation figures released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) for July 2025 show a modest rise in prices for goods and services measured in both the United States Dollar ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 28 July 2025
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has expressed cautious optimism about the country's economic trajectory, citing encouraging signs in inflation control, exchange rate stability, and foreign currency...
By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2025
Zimbabwe, locked out of international capital markets since defaulting in 1999, expects its stronger economy to help it pay back external creditors, without saying when this would begin.Finance Minist...
By Staff reporter | Published: 09 July 2025
Zimbabwe's economy expanded by 2.9 percent in 2024, with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rising to US$45.7 billion from US$44.4 billion in 2023, according to the latest figures released by the Zimbab...
By Staff reporter | Published: 02 July 2025
Zimbabwe's month-on-month inflation rate eased to 0.3% in June 2025, shedding 0.6 percentage points from the May figure of 0.9%, according to data released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (...
By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2025
Zimbabwe's annual inflation rose in March to 676.39% with expectations that it might touch the 1000% level within two months as supply chain disruptions and shortages are expected to lead to prolonged...
By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2020
About 1.2 million people in Zimbabwe have given up on securing employment, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has said as it reported that the national unemployment rate stood at 16 per...
By Staff reporter | Published: 17 March 2020
Zimstat has resumed the publication of annual inflation data following the lapsing of a twelve-month suspension. The year on year inflation measured by all items CPI came in at 540.16% from 59.39% of ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 16 March 2020
According to the latest Zimstat statistics, Zimbabwe's 2019 trade deficit widened to US$718 million at the end of August, although the monthly deficit fell by 33% to US$39 million from US$58 million i...
By Staff reporter | Published: 14 October 2019
THE economy is projected to grow by 4,6 percent next year, building on the ongoing reform initiatives and broader positive assumptions in the domestic sector and favourable global trade indicators, ac...
By Staff reporter | Published: 10 October 2019
Zimbabwe's interim currency fell to a new low on the black market on Thursday and local firms were demanding payment in U.S. dollars as a hedge against inflation, which is running at its highest in a ...
By Reuters | Published: 20 June 2019
RENOWNED United States economist and currency expert Steve Hanke has disputed the latest official inflation figures released by government this week.Hanke, who had previously volunteered to advice Pre...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2019
INFLATION could end the year around 280% and may rise to stratospheric levels thereafter if a new currency is introduced without preceding macro-economic fundamentals, a local research firm has said.Y...
By Staff reporter | Published: 14 June 2019
Renowned United States economist and currency expert Steve Hanke says Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate is at 236 percent, much higher than the official figure of 42,09 percent published by Zimbabwe Na...
By Staff reporter | Published: 19 January 2019
THE country's month-on-month trade deficit for October declined by 37,5 percent to $144,3 million from $230,9 million in September, official figures from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimst...
By Staff reporter | Published: 28 November 2018
RENOWNED United States economist Steve Hanke says Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate is 69,9%, much higher than the official figure of 4,83%."At present, Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate, by my measure,...
By staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2018
ZIMBABWE'S import bill rose 26% in the six months to July 31 this year, driven by firming demand for fuel and food.Data for January is missing.The growing import pressures also saw the country's trade...
By Staff reporter | Published: 12 September 2018
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