- RBZ Governor John Mangudya revealed that as of July 21st, the bank had conducted 11 issuances of GBDT.
- The Governor noted that the bank received 590 applications to purchase tokens equivalent to 325.02Kg of gold.
- In 2022, as the international economic environment worsened, Zimbabwe turned to gold coins were introduced to tame runaway inflation.
Zimbabwe’s struggles with hyperinflation has since been making headlines for decades. In 2009, inflation was so devastating that the country issued a new Zimbabwean dollar (ZWL), shedding twelve zeros from the earlier currency (ZWD).
By November 2022, the annual consumer price inflation for a compressed basket of goods was at 107 per cent in the country and in June, inflation rose to 175.8 per cent following devaluations of the local currency.
According to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) mid-term monetary policy statement, inflation increased to 86.5 per cent and 175.8 per cent in May and…
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