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Zimbabwe dollarisation: short term gift, long term curse - reintroducing the Zimbabwe dollar using the gold standard

Historical analysis suggests that in the short to medium term, dollarization as a monetary policy measure, post a period of high inflation, reduces economic volatility, stabilises the inflation of goods and services, and restores economic predictability. However, in fully dollarized economics (as op...

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Main Author: Ushewokunze, Mutemwa Tendayi
Other Authors: Biekpe, Nicholas
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/29034 Zimbabwe dollarisation: short term gift, long term curse - reintroducing the Zimbabwe dollar using the gold standard Ushewokunze, Mutemwa Tendayi Biekpe, Nicholas Development Finance Historical analysis suggests that in the short to medium term, dollarization as a monetary policy measure, post a period of high inflation, reduces economic volatility, stabilises the inflation of goods and services, and restores economic predictability. However, in fully dollarized economics (as opposed to dual currency economies,) in the medium term, the effects of dollarization do not create a suitable environment for long term sustainable growth. This paper discusses the benefits and challenges of full dollarization and suggests a further policy measure of re-introducing the local currency through a managed regime. The paper looks to smoothing out money supply volatility through Zimbabwe dollar introduction. Understanding the responsiveness of the economy to monetary liquidity is explained through theoretical and extrapolative statistical analysis derived from a short-range historic time series. 2018-11-07T13:03:36Z 2018-11-07T13:03:36Z 2014 Master Thesis Masters MCom http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29034 eng application/pdf Research of GSB Faculty of Commerce University of Cape Town
spellingShingle Development Finance
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Zimbabwe dollarisation: short term gift, long term curse - reintroducing the Zimbabwe dollar using the gold standard
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title Zimbabwe dollarisation: short term gift, long term curse - reintroducing the Zimbabwe dollar using the gold standard
title_full Zimbabwe dollarisation: short term gift, long term curse - reintroducing the Zimbabwe dollar using the gold standard
title_fullStr Zimbabwe dollarisation: short term gift, long term curse - reintroducing the Zimbabwe dollar using the gold standard
title_full_unstemmed Zimbabwe dollarisation: short term gift, long term curse - reintroducing the Zimbabwe dollar using the gold standard
title_short Zimbabwe dollarisation: short term gift, long term curse - reintroducing the Zimbabwe dollar using the gold standard
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topic Development Finance
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