IMF says Zim highly dollarised as local industry calls for further disinflation

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Zimbabwe's economy remains highly dollarised, with any de-dollarisation policies needing gradual implementation while the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries has called for further disinflation strategies into 2026 to correct pricing and manage stubbornly high inflation.

- TAWANDA KAROMBO

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Zimbabwe's economy remains highly dollarised.

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Zimbabwe is pushing for an end to the use of US Dollars across the economy by 2030, coinciding with a possible two year extension of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rule originally scheduled to end in 2028. Mnangagwa’s party, Zanu PF party has resolved to extend the Zimbabwean leader's tenure and to end dollarisation by 2030.

However, the IMF has said in an interview that “Zimbabwe remains highly dollarized” with any confidence ina local currency needing to “be built through credible fiscal and monetary policies, a strengthened FX market, and the absence of quasi-fiscal operations such as providing subsidies or financing government programs” outside of the budget framework.