Zimbabwe’s government hunts for dollar alternative
Continuing with dollarised economy could mean return to hyperinflation, economist says
Zimbabwe’s finance minister has pledged to introduce a new currency to replace its failing dollarisation, but it is not yet clear whether this plan can succeed.
Most signs point to any new currency being pegged, once again, to the dollar. But Central Banking spoke to some observers who think it might be pegged to a basket of currencies or even to the Chinese yuan.
In late October 2018, finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the introduction of a new local currency would require at least six
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