The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is now encouraging banks to reduce their effective statutory reserves to 15%, in order to ease liquidity and stimulate lending, even as the country faces a severe financial crisis. Currently, reserve requirements can reach 30%, forcing banks to hold onto a large portion of unused deposits and limiting their ability…...
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