Summary Of the 2019 Monetary Policy Statement
20 February 2019
- RTGS dollars is a currency; an addition to multi currency; will be the functional currency; used for pricing, settlement of local transactions; budget is in this currency; legal instrument has been crafted, reference currency changed from USD to RTGS
- Lines of credit arranged to stabilize the currency
- RBZ will provide seed FX so that every bank can trade Friday morning
- RBZ will sell this FX to banks at a rate of allowable margin 2.5%
- Fuel, cooking oil, electricity etc will get separate allocations – will not be part of interbank applications
- 3.5 million individual accounts have $205 million only. People have no money! Bulk of RTGS is held by about 1,900 firms
- Managed float concept