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"Zimbabwe Dollar Is Undervalued Against The USD," Finance Minister

4 years agoSun, 22 Sep 2019 16:55:23 GMT
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"Zimbabwe Dollar Is Undervalued Against The USD," Finance Minister

Finance Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube has said that the Zimbabwe dollar is undervalued against the United States dollar.

Posting on Twitter, Ncube suggested that the correct exchange rate should be US$1: ZW$6. He said:

The exchange rate of the #Zimbabwe Dollar to United States Dollar is way undervalued. The exchange rate of Zim$ to US$ should be around 6 at the moment, on the basis of the real exchange rate (RER) relative to the South African Rand.

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His post did not auger well with former finance Minister, Advocate Tendai Biti who responded saying:

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Mahumbwe chaiyo (child’s play). Zimbabwe has no productivity. 2019 GDP is likely to be around -8 %. There is massive corruption fueling a massive increase in money supply. The current account is in massive deficit. So you have to be mad or drunk, or both to reason like this. Worst govt in the world.

These remarks come when the local currency rapidly lost value against the USD during the past week. It was being sold at around ZW$23 per US$ before it reportedly regained value to trade at about ZW$18 per US$.

Observers link the recuperation of value to the central bank, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s move to freeze accounts of Sakunda Holdings and other companies that were allegedly engaged in money laundering activities.

Analysts have however projected that the local currency will continuously shed value for as long as the local industry is grounded. They note that the demand for foreign currency will remain high since businesses need foreign currency to import their commodities.

Reserve Bank deputy governor, Dr Kupukile Mlambo recently attributed the increased deficit in foreign currency to the closure of the tobacco marketing season.

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