Fri, 09 Feb 2018 09:30:49 +0000 By BUUMBA CHIMBULU MINISTER OF FINANCE, Felix Mutati, has said the economy is steady, sound and continues to grow as proved by its recent upgrade to stable from negative by an international credit rating agency, Moody’s. And the minister has observed that the ability to boost domestic resource mobilisation has continued to be eroded by transfer pricing and other unethical practices. Mr. Mutati said the economy which begun to gain traction in 2017 was in good shape. “The upgrade from Moody’s is an endorsement that Zambia plus is beginning to work. The economy in 2017 begun to gain traction focusing on fiscal fitness to push it forward. Among our pillars for this year is boosting investor confidence, unless you have investment, you are not going to generate jobs, growth,” he said. He was speaking yesterday at the 6th African Fiscal Forum organised by Government in collaboration with the International […]
