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ZACCI DAILY BUSINESS NEWS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE: ZMW:

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USD/ZMW 19.8506 19.9006
ZAR/ZMW 1.2166 1.2200
GBP/ZMW 25.7661 25.8389
EUR/ZMW 23.5388 23.6061 (BOZ)
ZAMBIA REVENUE AUTHORITY EXCHANGE RATES 01-15 SEPTEMBER

US DOLLAR                  ZMW 19.5000 EURO                 ZMW 23.2035
SOUTH AFRICAN RAND ZMW   1.1719 BRITISH POUND  ZMW 25.9408
AGRICULTURE COMMODITY PRICES
GTAZ reference prices

Commodity Purchase(USD) Sell (USD)  
Soya beans 316         337
Wheat 420           430
Maize 140 164
Sun flower 265 300
Cowpeas 190 200
G/nuts shelled 874 984
Unshelled G/nuts – –
Rice – –

Source: Grain Traders Association of Zambia (GTAZ) Secretariat

INTERNATIONAL COMMODITY MARKETS

 COMMODITY CURRENT   PREVIOUS
Oil (BRENT) ($/barrel)  41.66   37.18
COPPER ($/ton)  6,776.00   6,788.00
COBALT ($/ton)  34,000.00   33,000.00
NICKEL ($/ton)  15,160.00   15,090.00
ALUMINIUM ($/ton)  1,759.00   1,749.00
LEAD ($/ton)  1,883.50    1,873.50
ZINC ($/ton)   2,505.50   2,454.50
STEEL ($/ton)   450.50    459.00
ZAMBIA ECONOMIC INDICATORS

CURRENT  PREVIOUS
Inflation (%) 15.5% (AUGUST, 2020) 15.8% (JULY, 2020)
Annual GDP (%) 2.30% (2019)  3.0% (2018)  (BOZ)
Gross Reserves (US$ Billion) 1.45 1.41
BOZ Policy Rate (%) 9.25% 11.5%
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe in Talks With Banks to Support New Stock Exchange

Zimbabwean authorities are in discussions with several international investment banks to support a new stock exchange that will trade exclusively in foreign currency, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said. “The interest has been huge,” Ncube told an analyst briefing. He declined to give further details. Yvonne Mhango, sub-Saharan Africa economist at Renaissance Capital, told the briefing that uppermost on foreign investors’ minds was the ability to repatriate their capital. “What they want is a functioning stock exchange,” Mhango said.
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Fed Sees Rates Near Zero Through 2023 to Boost Jobs, Prices

Federal Reserve officials held interest rates near zero and signaled they would stay there for at least three years, vowing to delay tightening until the U.S. gets back to maximum employment and 2% inflation. The U.S. central bank “expects to maintain an accommodative stance” until those outcomes are achieved, it said in a statement Wednesday following a two-day meeting that beefed up its description of future policy.
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Businesses Slash Deeper; U.K. Job Losses Mount: Virus Update

Citibank Inc, Qantas Airways Limited and Singapore’s United Overseas Bank Limited joined companies worldwide making deeper cost cuts, from property and equipment to staff and pay, as the pandemic drags on. U.K. job losses during the crisis reached almost 700,000, fresh data showed In India, where infections trail only the U.S., total cases approached 5 million. Hong Kong reported no locally transmitted infections for the first time since early July. The city will deploy a new round of its virus relief fund, and will reportedly reopen pubs and swimming pools from Friday.
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