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The Bank strongly believes that the current tight monetary policy stance complemented by the strong will by Government to putting in place measures that deal with factors that destabilise the foreign exchange market will result in exchange rate and price stability in the near and short-term.
The conservative monetary targeting framework currently being pursued by the Bank has seen quarterly growth in reserve money being successfully contained within desired targets throughout 2021.
This Monetary Policy Statement (the Statement) comes at a time when Government has ably shown steadfast commitment to sustaining the economic reform momentum. Despite the difficulties caused by the Covid19 pandemic, the economy is on the rebound.
Improved production and productivity will be key in sustaining the macroeconomic trajectory of growing the economy by 7.4% in 2021 and above 5% thereafter as envisaged in the NDS1. In this regard, the Bank affirms its commitment to continue ensuring a hawkish monetary policy stance, as well as sound financial conditions through its conservative monetary targeting framework.
This Monetary Policy Statement outlines the monetary policy stance being pursued by the Bank in the second half of 2020.
The measures and policies discussed in the statement are aimed at accomplishing the Bank’s 2020 key strategic focus areas of ensuring exchange rate and price stability, the smooth functioning of the interbank foreign exchange market and providing support to economic activity without endangering the important objective of reducing and stabilising inflation in the short to medium term.
The re-introduction of the Zimbabwean dollar presents renewed scope for the Bank to conduct effective monetary policy. Accordingly, the Bank shall vigorously pursue its primary objective of maintaining price and financial stability, while complementing fiscal policy in line with the country’s objective of becoming an upper middle income country by 2030.
Zimbabwe has witnessed significant changes on the economic front. The economy took a different course of direction from a positive economic trajectory to an inflationary environment. This situation needs immediate redress in order to restore value for money.
The Statement comes at a time when the economy is expanding on account of high consumer demand, increased business confidence within the national economy and positive expectations following the peaceful completion of the electoral process and the subsequent formation of a new lean cabinet led by His Excellency, President E. D. Mnangagwa.
The Statement comes at a time when the economy is experiencing renewed hope and confidence ushered in by the new economic dispensation, following the formation of a new leaner cabinet by His Excellency, the President, in November 2017.
