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Zimbabwe presents $58.2 trillion budget for 2024

Zimbabwe Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube today presented a $58.2 trillion budget for 2024, a 14-fold increase from this year’s $4.3 trillion.

He, however, said the economy is expected to shrink from 5.5% this year to 3.5% next year.

Inflation is projected to end the year at 20% and then fall to between 10% and 20% in 2024.

Revenue is expected to total $53.9 trillion leaving a deficit of $4.3 trillion.

Below is the minister’s budget statement read in Parliament today:

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The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.

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