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Zimbabwe in deep mess as annual inflation rate hits 785.55%

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June 16, 2020
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London, June 16, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Zimbabwe annual inflation surged to 785.55% in May from 765.57% in April, according to the National Statistics Agency.

Despite launching new currency, Zimbabwe annual inflation rate hits 785.55%

The month-on-month inflation rate in May was 15.13% from April’s 17.64%, the agency said in a statement posted on its official Twitter account.

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Zimbabwe’s fixed currency peg, adopted in March, has become the latest flash point between central bank Governor John Mangudya and finance minister Mthuli Ncube, people familiar with the situation said.

2/ The year on year inflation rate (annual percentage change) for the month of May as measured by all items #CPI stood at 785.55%

The #CPI for the month ending May 2020 stood at 1,097.65 compared to 953.36 in April 2020 and 123.95 in May 2019@NewsDayZimbabwe @DailyNewsZim

— Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency – ZIMSTAT (@zimstat) June 16, 2020

Mangudya unilaterally imposed the peg of 25 to the US dollar as the country entered a coronavirus lockdown in March, ignoring the recommendations of the Monetary Policy Committee and Ncube, the people said, asking not to be identified as the dispute hasn’t been publicly disclosed.

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa with IMF president Christine Lagarde

Prior to the central bank governor’s decision, a moving peg dictated by the market had been used.

The introduction of the peg came without warning and has further strained relations between Mangudya and Ncube, who have disagreed over a range of policy issues, the people said.

It comes as black market rates for the Zimbabwe dollar range between 75 and 90 per unit of the US currency and the country’s worst economic crisis since at least 2008 deepens.

That’s raised pressure on Mangudya and Ncube, who were last week called to testify to the politburo of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front over why the economy was deteriorating, the Zimbabwe Independent newspaper said.

Zimbabwe Inflation in April surged to 766% and shortages of fuel, foreign currency and power are commonplace.

Mangudya and Ncube didn’t answer calls made to their mobile phone or respond to text messages. Calls to the deputy finance minister and finance secretary weren’t answered.

The widening gap between the official and black market currency rates is pushing companies to use illegal means to source foreign currency.

In a June 8 statement after a meeting of the central bank’s monetary policy committee, Mangudya said the committee had “expressed serious concern over the continued deterioration in the exchange rates that were widely being used by the private sector.”

Industry associations representing tobacco and gold miners, two key exports, have asked for an urgent review of the official currency peg, which is used to pay producers the local unit equivalent of their earnings.

They have cited threats to their industries’ viability due to mounting debts and a decline in revenue.

The depreciation on the black market is “divorced from economic fundamentals,” the central bank said in a statement.

Ncube, who also heads a currency task-force, will at the end of this week meet with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to seek his approval to free float the local unit and drop the currency peg, the people said.

Zimbabwe reintroduced its own currency last year after a 10-years hiatus, caused by the scrapping of the Zimbabwe dollar in 2009 after a bout of hyperinflation.

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