‘Minister’s economic optimism laughable’

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FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube’s rosy growth projections for next year are unattainable — due to the country’s worsening economic climate, mounting fiscal pressures, waning investor confidence and continuing policy flip-flops, analysts say. This comes after the under-pressure minister said in his recent 2020 pre-budget statement that Zimbabwe’s economy would soon turn the corner and grow…