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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>BOZ has spent US$215million on the foreign exchange market \u25cf The Monetray Policy Rate has been raised by 150 basis points from 11.0 percent to 12.5 percent.<\/p>\n

\u25cf to moderate volatility and broadly support the importation of critical commodities, Bank of Zambia has offloaded $215.5 million on the foreign exchange market.<\/p>\n

\u25cf the Statutory Reserve Ratio was raised by 900 basis points from 17.0 percent to 26.0 percent with effective from 5th February 2024.<\/p>\n

\u25cf$461million(K12billion) mopped to BOZ-Government introduced the ZERO-BASED BALANCE accountsbfor Ministries, Provinces and Government Agencies (MPAs). To this effect, government moved funds totalling K12billion ($461million) from commercial banks to Bank of Zambia. All funds in Commercial Bank Accounts to the Credit of MPAs was mopped to the Mopping Account at Bank of Zambia.<\/p>\n

\u25cf All funds in Commercial Bank Accounts to the Credit of Ministries, Provinces and Government Agencies mopped and repatriated to the Mopping Account at Bank of Zambia.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Turn-over in the interbank foreign exchange market reduced significantly to $14.4million from $185million in the previous quarter due to low supply.<\/p>\n

\u25cf In the fourth quarter alone of 2023, the Kwacha depreciated by 17.5% against the US dollar and the depreciation continued to 4.6 percent as at 13th February 2024.<\/p>\n

The Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has formulated and implemented these monetary and supervisory measures that should achieve and maintain price stability and promote financial system stability. But all these measures remain temporal and not sustainable;<\/p>\n

\u25cf The ultimate solution lie in economic activities and boosting export trade that should earn the country foreign exchange and the subsequent retention of export proceeds in local banks.<\/p>\n

\u25cf abandon the tax and other incentives that have been given to the mining sector.<\/p>\n

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