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Jul 13 , 2024

Political Uncertainty, Economic Volatility Manufacturers Battle on Two Fronts

Policymakers are walking a tightrope, struggling to generate growth and create millions of jobs while tackling budget deficits, trade imbalances, debt servicing, and runaway inflation. These are probl...

Jul 7 , 2024

Bulging Budget Obscures Deepening Fiscal Battle for Value

The federal budget has crossed a symbolic threshold, approaching the one trillion Birr mark at 971.2 billion Br, equivalent to 16.7 billion dollars at last week's official exchange rate. The exponenti...

Jun 29 , 2024

Autonomy in Action: Will Mamo Mihretu Redefine the Central Bank?

In a spirited bid for autonomy, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), under its youngest Governor yet, Mamo Mihretu, aspires to redefine its relationship with the government, the public, international...

Jun 22 , 2024

From Waning Inflation to Fiscal Strain, Budget Bill Walks Between Hope, Affliction

Ethiopia's economic reality is a study in contrasts. Positive signs, such as declining inflation rates for food and non-food items, could imply that monetary policy measures might have restrained pric...

Jun 15 , 2024

Will Ambitious Liberalisation Drown in a Sea of Bureaucratic Ineptitude, Corruption?

The Central Bank has tabled a draft banking proclamation to commercial bank executives, signalling the onset of reform its Governor, Mamo Mehiretu, has been promising since his appointment last year....

Jun 8 , 2024

Sky-High Interest Rates, Fiscal Folly Uncover Deep Economic Distress

Ethiopia's businesses face an increasingly arduous task in securing loans, as capital emerges as one of the priciest commodities in the market. Borrowing costs are exorbitant, with commercial loan int...

Jun 1 , 2024

Beneath the Surface Fundamentals Unmask a Facade of Progress Amid Despair

Ethiopia appears to be mired in a vicious economic cycle - rather a negative dynamic - characterised by low productivity, high unemployment, cantering inflation and declining exports, exacerbated by r...

May 25 , 2024

Celebrating Inflation "Triumphs" While the Economy Gasps for Air

For a long time, the debate among Ethiopia's policymakers and those in the academia centred on the effectiveness of monetary policy measures in impacting the real economy, particularly inflation. In a...

May 18 , 2024

Sleek Offices, Lavish Roads Makeover in Shaky Economy During Fiscal Frugality

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) took a handful of his cabinet members last week to the newly illuminated offices of Chaltu Sani, the minister of Urban & Infrastructure Development, on Ras Abebe Ar...

May 11 , 2024

From Mines to Mortgages, PPPs Can Be Antidotes of Progress, Not Touch-and-Go Pitfall

The ruling Prosperity Party - the Prosperitians - has its leaders turned to the Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) model, a strategic tool for economic development. The focus of these partnerships has...

May 2 , 2024

Tax Authorities' Sisyphean Saga of Shrinking Revenue, Gov't Soaring Ambitions

For successive generations of Ethiopia's tax authorities, the chore of tax collection is proving to be a Sisyphean task. Despite efforts to rake in more revenue, the country's tax-to-GDP ratio has shr...

Apr 27 , 2024

Prosperity Party Tries Economic Tightrope Walking Without a Net

The Prosperity Party (PP) - Prosperitians - is charting a course through treacherous waters. The party, which emerged from a fragmented political order, touts a liberal economic agenda in contrast to...

Apr 20 , 2024

Governor Mamo Tests Transparency. Will It Pass a Test of Time?

In a departure from its traditionally opaque practices, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), under the stewardship of Governor Mamo Mehiretu, has unveiled a new report mapping the financial sector's s...

Apr 13 , 2024

Policy Espresso Demands a Strong Brew to Transform Negative Dynamic

In the hushed corridors of the legislative house on Lorenzo Te'azaz Road (Arat Kilo), a chilly reception awaited Gebremesqel Chala, the minister of Trade & Regional Integration (MoTRI). Trusted by...

Apr 6 , 2024

Blundered CBE Plunders Privacy Naming, Blaming and Shaming for a Glitch's Recovery

In a rather unsettling turn of events, the state-owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), under the management of its President, Abie Sano, found itself embroiled in controversy after taking an unconv...

Mar 30 , 2024

Central Bank Tries Monetary Gymnastic Dodging Pitfalls, with the IMF as Its Reluctant Coach

Ethiopian authorities find themselves at a crossroads in the shadow of a global economic malaise characterised by sluggish growth and persistently high inflation. Much like several other countries, th...


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