The Central Bank in Zimbabwe announced on Wednesday that its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) had decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 35%. The bank stated that the decision was made to maintain a tight policy stance to anchor inflation expectations.
In September, the central bank allowed the country’s newly introduced currency, Zimbabwe Gold, to depreciate by over 40% and raised the policy rate to 35%. This devaluation led to a sharp rise in inflation in October, with prices increasing by 37.2% month-on-month in local currency terms. However, November saw a slowdown in inflation, with the month-on-month rate dropping to 11.7%.
In his budget speech last week, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube projected that economic growth would accelerate next year as the country recovers from a severe drought.
