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AfDB proposes tax reforms
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says some mild and gradual adjustments in income tax and value added tax (VAT) rates…
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AfDB tips Malawi on economic growth
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says Malawi needs to scale up its public investment by 100 percent to $1.2 billion…
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Global economic outlook threatens stability—RBM
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) says risks to global economic outlook could threaten the country’s financial stability in the…
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MPC diversifies amid falling mail volumes
Amid declining mail volumes, the Malawi Posts Corporation (MPC) has unveiled plans to venture into transportation and mobile money business…
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Mixed fortunes for export crops
Rising sugar prices on the global market have helped to push up the export basket by 28 percent between April…
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Sunbird international conference centre opens October
Sunbird Tourism Limited (STL) plc is this October expected to open its newly constructed K2.1billion Soche International ConferenceCentre at Mount…
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Growth, poverty reduction stalls
Malawi made no progress on improving the frameworks necessary to promote poverty reduction and sustainable growth in 2018, the World…
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Rising maize prices push up inflation to 9.3%
Rising maize prices continue to put pressure on inflation, with latest figures showing a 0.3 percentage points increase in year-on-year…
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Credit demand soars
The banking sector’s demand for loans and credit lines have increased amid declining bad loans, the Reserve Bank of Malawi…
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MRA engages stakeholders on smuggling
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has engaged an extra gear in sensitising commnuties on the dangers of smuggling. Speaking in…
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2018/19 fiscus peculiar—Treasury
Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development has described the 2018/19 Financial Year as ‘a bit of a peculiar’ in…
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Debt service expenditure continues to rise—report
Despite registering a reduced fiscal deficit in the 2018/19 fiscal year, Treasury’s expenditure on debt service has continued to rise,…
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Slow economic growth affects national budget
Despite the country’s budget growing by 20.5 percent on average annually in nominal terms, United Nation’s Children Fund (Unicef) says…
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RBM touts credit growth
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) says the steady pick up of annual growth in credit to the private sector…
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IMF hopeful on ECF programme
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed optimism over the public finance management reform under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF)…
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International Trade Fair opens
The 31st Malawi International Trade Fair has opened today at the Chichiri Trade Fair Grounds in Blantyre with 189 local…
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Malawi protests Wto trade rules
Malawi, alongside nine other countries has written the World Trade Organisation (WTO) protesting inequities and imbalances in some multilateral trade…
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Trade fair opens today amid expectations
The 31st Malawi International Trade Fair (Mitf) is set to be officially opened today at its traditional base of Chichiri…
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IMF tips treasury On managing DEBT
International Monetary Fund (IMF) outgoing resident representative Jack Ree has advised Treasury to commit new debt based on good cost-benefit…
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Fiscal consolidation key to recovery—IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says bringing fiscal consolidation back on credible path focusing on 2019/20 National Budget is key…
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