The Business Telegraph has projected that there will be an emergency
Monetary Policy Committee Meeting following the decline in the local
currency.
The Telegraph says the meeting will be aimed at correcting their
decision to increase the benchmark interest rate to 11.5 percent and
overnight lending rate to 28 percent.
It says the move has not yielded any results as the currency they meant
to tame has continued to weaken and has added that the central bank
should have adjusted the Statutory reserve Ratio if they were to tame
the Kwacha.
The Kwacha has crossed the 15 psychological barrier trading at K15.02 as at the close of business yesterday.