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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) welcomes the efforts being made by Mozambican government to improve people\u2019s living standard and stabilise economic and social development indicators.<\/p>\n

According to the IMF\u2019s resident representative in Maputo, Alexis Meyer-Cirkel , despite the adversities caused by the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which broke out over eight months ago, Mozambique has continued to show a positive economic recovery since last April.<\/p>\n

\u201cEconomic growth of 4.1 and 4.6 percent in the first two quarters not only demonstrates excellent dynamics but also good quality based on a remarkable development of the services sector, agriculture and mining,\u201d said the IMF representative\u201d, speaking on Wednesday (02), in Maputo, during the CTA\u2019s 10th edition of the Economic Briefing on Business Performance in Q3 2022 and Outlook.<\/p>\n

Resumption of direct funding of the State Budget is one of the signs of prudent management which helped to restore the trust between Mozambique, the World Bank and the IMF.<\/p>\n

Therefore, despite a challenging macroeconomic environment, according to Meyer-Cirke, the Mozambican authorities must continue to implement ambitious economic reform agendas.<\/p>\n

He also pointed to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, political uncertainties, tighter financial conditions, which caused volatility in the price of goods in the international market.<\/p>\n

For Meyer-Cirkel, the right measures taken by the government, which include the massive vaccination campaign against Covid-19, prudent fiscal and macroeconomic management, and the rise of the main export products, all impacted positively to bring the country to a positive growth path.<\/p>\n

He also noted prudence of public administration in the face of fiscal pressure imposed by the shocks that hit the country, the initiative underway to approve the Sovereign Fund Law, the reform of public sector salaries, among other initiatives.<\/p>\n

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

Africa-Press – Mozambique. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) welcomes the efforts being made by Mozambican government to improve people\u2019s living standard and stabilise economic and social development indicators. 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He claimed that the fiscal stamps will benefit both the AT and the breweries themselves.He stressed that although the imposition of the stamps begins on Tuesday, the companies have a period of grace of 180 days to sell off existing stocks that are unstamped.\u201cToday we are closing a cycle we began in 2017, when we sealed tobacco products, and as from July that year began sealing wines and spirits. We envisaged starting the sealing of beers in November 2017, but for various reasons we were obliged to delay it\u201d, said Nhane.\u201cToday we are witnessing that the conditions have been created, and so we are here sealing the beers\u201d, he declared.In the first two phases of the fiscal stamp programme, Nhane claimed, there was an average annual increase in revenue collection of 25 per cent. He expected similar gains from the third phase.The breweries appear to have abandoned their public opposition to the fiscal stamps. 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