Zimbabwe remains committed to curbing inflation but plans to shift the focus of monetary policy to place more emphasis on managing the money supply, the central bank said.
Writing in a five-year strategy plan published on Monday, the central bank characterised this as a shift “from a tight to prudent monetary policy thrust” and said policy decisions will be “calibrated to reflect emerging inflationary pressures and crystallisation of any inflation risks.”
It didn’t specify what this would mean for interest rates going forward, but noted that businesses had told it that local borrowing costs in the southern African nation “were viewed as potentially prohibitive.”
The central bank held interest rates at 35% last month to maintain downward pressure on inflation and support the ZiG.
The gold-backed currency was launched in 2024 and is the country’s latest effort to stand up a viable local unit after previous attempts collapsed.
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