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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Botswana plans to permit a 1.51% depreciation of its currency against a basket of other currencies in 2024, as it expects that local inflation will surpass price growth in the economies of its trading partners.<\/b><\/p>\n

The annual downward crawl, akin to last year’s rate, will occur through minor daily adjustments that would equal 1.51% over the year until December, as stated by the Finance Ministry in a Thursday announcement, Bloomberg reported.<\/p>\n

The Treasury had previously targeted a 2.87% depreciation of the local currency in 2021 (compared to 1.51% in 2020) to enhance the country’s export competitiveness, but it believes further measures are necessary.<\/p>\n

According to the minister, the need for a downward adjustment in the pula \u201cis a reflection of weak production capacity and productivity of the economy,\u201d\u201cIt is also inflationary, ultimately affecting price competitiveness,\u201d he added<\/p>\n

The pula is pegged to a basket of foreign currencies, with the South African rand accounting for 45%, and the remainder consisting of International Monetary Fund reserves known as special drawing rights (SDRs).<\/p>\n

SDRs include the US dollar, British pound, euro, yen, and renminbi. Botswana then applies an annual crawl rate to the currency.<\/p>\n

Gaborone, Botswana, ranks among the top ten African cities with the highest purchasing power. Additionally, the country is recognized as one of the ten best African nations for investment.<\/p>\n

The country has high foreign exchange reserves, which have enabled it to weather the pandemic-induced economic storm better than most. The Pula Fund, a sovereign fund created in 1994 that finances a large part of the budget deficit, has meant that fiscal dependency on a debt has been low.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Botswana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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