Zimbabwe: the Zim dollar, confidence in apolitical economy

Summary The proposed reintroduction of the Zimbabwean dollar provides a means to measure domestic and foreign confidence in the Mnangagwa administration. Zim dollar confidence depends in turn on apolitical economic policy and unfettered output, which Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube enjoys a strong start with. Analysis Following his swearing in as Zimbabwean Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube stated he intends to reintroduce the Zimbabwean dollar as the country’s currency. The policy provides a means to measure domestic and foreign confidence in Zimbabwe as the Emmerson Mnangagwa administration seeks to effect political and economic reforms. Mnangagwa’s new twenty ministerial member cabinet were sworn …

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