Deflationary pressures in Zimbabwe continue to persist with the country's annual inflation shedding 1,45 percentage points to -2,65 percent in April form -1,20 percent recorded in March.Latest figures...
By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015
Zimbabwe's broad money supply increased by 11,6 percent between January 2014 and January 2015, from $3,88 billion last year to $4,34 billion, on the back of growth in banking sector deposits, statisti...
By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015
Zimbabwe's broad money supply declined marginally from $4,34 billion in January to $4,33 in billion February this year, confirming the country's economic slowdown, statistics from the central bank sho...
By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015
Zimbabwe's inflation has dropped to -1,28 percent with calls for the government to focus on price stability policies.Data released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) today shows that...
By Staff reporter | Published: 16 February 2015
Broad money supply surged by $318 million in the year to May 2014 as the country's deposits base responded to the positive effects of a successful tobacco season, the latest report from the Reserve Ba...
By Staff reporter | Published: 21 July 2014
The country's trade deficit in the five months to May was at $1,47 billion, narrowing by about 17,9 percent from the comparable period last year reflective of the tight liquidity situation and the lac...
By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2014
The consumer basket for a family of six has marginally decreased by 0.67 per cent to $588.07 in June from $592.97 due to a minimal decline of prices of goods in the basket in June.According to the Con...
By Staff reporter | Published: 03 July 2014
Annual broad money growth slowed down by 1,13 percentage points from 7,7% in March to 6,6% in April but increased by 3,3 % on a month on month basis spurred by tobacco sales, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2014
Zimbabwe's deflation softened with the annual inflation rate gaining 0,07 percentage points to minus 0,19 percent in May on the back of a rise in revenue inflows from tobacco export receipts.According...
By Staff reporter | Published: 16 June 2014
THE World Bank has cut Zimbabwe's economic growth rate forecasts to just 2 percent on mounting evidence of weak foreign direct investment, liquidity constraints and lack of policy clarity.It has...
By Staff reporter | Published: 14 June 2014
Zimbabwe's deflation thawed substantially after the annual inflation rate gained 0,65 percentage points to minus 0,26 percent in April as revenue from tobacco eased the liquidity crisis, but analysts ...
By Golden Sibanda | Published: 18 May 2014
The cost of living as measured by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe's low income urban earner monthly basket for a family of six marginally decreased by 0,32 percent from the March 2014 figure of $561....
By Staff reporter | Published: 05 May 2014
THE year-on-year inflation rate for the month of March was -0,91% shedding 0,42 percentage points from the previous month, data released by the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (ZimStat) sho...
By Staff reporter | Published: 16 April 2014
Zimbabwe's deflation accelerated to 0.91 percent year-on-year in March from 0.49 percent in February partly because prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages declined, the national statistics agency...
By Reuters | Published: 16 April 2014
THE cost of living as measured by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe rose marginally last month from the February figure of $559.93 to $561.24.The food basket increased by 1,52 percent or $2,29 from $15...
By Staff reporter | Published: 07 April 2014
Zimbabwe is remodeling the consumer price index in line with regional practices in a bid to increase regional integration.The new consumer price index will have new weights and a new classification d...
By Staff reporter | Published: 18 March 2014
Money supply marginally grew by 2,1% in January 2014, an increase of 0,7 percentage points from the average 1,4% recorded in the last quarter of 2013, latest central bank statistics show.The Reserve B...
By Staff reporter | Published: 18 March 2014
Zimbabwe moved into deflation after the annual rate of inflation for February shed 0,90 percentage points to minus 0,49 percent due to continuing price fall with some economists seeing this as a tempo...
By Business Reporter | Published: 18 March 2014
Prospects of Zimbabwe's economic revival remain gloomy with developments indicating a tough time ahead, economic analysts say.Among the challenges, the economists say the country faces a widening trad...
By Staff reporter | Published: 13 March 2014
Zimbabwe's trade deficit could be significantly understated in view of indications by a World Bank study that partner countries have reported much lower import figures from the country.The report enti...
By Staff reporter | Published: 10 March 2014
The cost of living as measured by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe's low income urban earner monthly basket for a family of six decreased from $561,56 in January 2014 to $559,93 by end of February ref...
By Staff reporter | Published: 05 March 2014
The trade deficit in the year to December widened to $4.19 billion with the country recording a 10% decline in exports. According to statistics from ZimStat, imports amounted to $7.704 billion w...
By Staff reporter | Published: 21 February 2014
Inflation in January gained 0.08% to 0.41% on the December 2013 figure of 0.33%, reflecting pressure from housing, education and healthcare. According to the latest data from ZimStat, year-on-year fo...
By Staff reporter | Published: 17 February 2014
The cost of living as measured by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe's low income urban earner monthly basket for a family of six decreased 0,56 percent from the December 2013 figure of $564,72 to $561...
By Staff reporter | Published: 07 February 2014
Zimbabwe's trade imbalance rose by 16 percent in 2013 in comparison to the previous year, according to figures released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStats).The trade deficit stood at...
By Staff reporter | Published: 04 February 2014
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