Opinion & Analysis

Mthuli’s inflation forecast unrealistic

OPINION  By Tapiwa Mashakada  IN his mid-term budget review, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube claimed that by December, inflation will drop to 300 percent from its present rate of 750 percent. Is this wishful thinking? And why is the minister pre-occupied with metrics every time? The answer is simple. Under stabilisation, the IMF and World Bank…

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