Zimbabwe

Amid uncertainty over who will succeed President Robert Mugabe, who is expected to retire in 2006, an internal power struggle is taking place within the ruling party (the Zimbabwe... 2006-09-05

n the light of the recent supplementary budget, we have revisited our forecasts for the fiscal balance over 2005-07 and now predict a budget deficit equal to 50% of GDP in 2006. Previously,... 2006-09-05

n the light of the recent supplementary budget, we have revisited our forecasts for the fiscal balance over 2005-07 and now predict a budget deficit equal to 50% of GDP in 2006. Previously,... 2006-09-05

The limited devaluation of the official interbank rate to ZWD250,000:USD1 has little practical significance. Since its inception by the RBZ earlier this year, this tier of the market... 2006-08-08

The limited devaluation of the official interbank rate to ZWD250,000:USD1 has little practical significance. Since its inception by the RBZ earlier this year, this tier of the market... 2006-08-08

Despite repeated promises of mounting mass action, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), National Civic Alliance and other groups opposed to the regime remain ineffectual. The... 2006-07-31

Many within the country still cling on to the hope that some unidentified external intervention will pave the way to an end to the country's seven-year-old political crisis. Not... 2006-07-31

BMI View: Property had become a favoured way of hedging against inflation. But both the residential and commercial markets are now in the doldrums. Rising costs, weak demand and the... 2006-07-31

BMI View: From the few details available of the mid-year budget review so far, there have been none of the major policy shifts such as devaluation that the markets and businesses... 2006-07-31

Government officials are becoming increasingly anxious about the possibility of foreign intervention, although we do not think any such actions are really on the cards. According... 2006-07-10