Zimbabwe's gold deliveries to Fidelity Gold Refinery reached 4.81 tonnes in June 2026, the highest single monthly figure recorded in 2026, the second highest historically just behind December 2025's 4

Zimbabwe’s official Fire Assay cash buying price decreased 25.3% to US$3,764.15 per ounce on 21 July 2026 from a 2026 peak of US$5,041.57 per ounce on 29 January, reducing the revenue generated from e

Zimbabwe's maize import bill fell by US$90 million, or 32.9%, during the first half of 2026 as the country's largest harvest in years began replacing imported grain with domestic production. Maize imp

Zimbabwe has entered the second half of 2026 with annual ZiG inflation at 3.2%, foreign currency reserves of US$1.7 billion and an official exchange rate that has remained within a relatively narrow r

Zimbabwe has received US$1.62 billion in formal diaspora remittances between January and July 2026, placing household transfers alongside some of the country’s largest sources of foreign currency. Sou

The Zimbabwe Gold opened on 31 August 2026, the last day of the month at ZiG26.6640 per US dollar, giving back part of the appreciation recorded during the previous week after closing Friday at ZiG26.

* Foreign reserves reached US$1.7 billion by end-July, covering 1.7 months of imports. * First-half foreign-currency receipts increased 47.8% to US$10.72 billion. * Two months of cover remains below t

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Monetary Policy Committee has cut the Bank policy rate from 30% to 27.5% on 28 September 2026, reduced the Targeted Finance Facility rate from 15% to 12.5% and retained

Zimbabwe’s merchandise trade surplus crossed US$500 million for the first time in August, reaching US$526.5 million as exports rose sharply while imports remained almost unchanged. The monthly surplus

Zimbabwe’s gold exports have reached US$4.064 billion in the first eight months of 2026, leaving the country only about US$546 million short of the US$4.61 billion generated during the whole of 2025.

Zimbabwe's foreign currency reserves reached US$2 billion in September 2026, equivalent to roughly two months of import cover and up from US$1.4 billion in June. The stock gives the Reserve Bank of Zi

Zimbabwe’s unmet demand for foreign currency has fallen by almost three quarters from its March 2026 peak as stronger export receipts, rising reserves and central bank intervention expand the amount o

Zimbabwe has built a substantially larger reserve cushion behind the ZiG, with reserve assets backing the local currency reaching nearly ZiG48.9 billion by September 2026 against reserve money of abou

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe says it has remained within all three monetary quantitative targets under the IMF Staff Monitored Programme at the end of September 2026, combining faster reserve accumula

Zimbabwe is projecting a record current account surplus exceeding US$3 billion by December 2026, supported by a 47.8% surge in foreign currency inflows during the first half of the year, although the

Zimbabwe is building a US$500 million drought protection buffer comprising cash and grain reserves ahead of the anticipated 2026/27 El Niño season, Finance Permanent Secretary George Guvamatanga said

Zimbabwe received 17,178 tonnes of the 34,472 tonnes of maize South Africa exported in the week ended 9 October, according to South African Grain Information Service data. Cabinet had authorised priva

Zimbabwe faces a projected cereal production shortfall of 663,188 tonnes in the 2026/27 agricultural season, exposing the financial and food-security risks of a strengthening El Niño across Southern A

Zimbabwe's annual ZiG inflation accelerated to 4.3% in October 2026 from 3.7% in September and 2.9% in August, as higher transport costs placed renewed pressure on consumer prices. Annual US-dollar in