Former Deputy Minister of Finance Terence Mukupe has claimed that according to his own models, the exchange rate for the Bond Note to the United States Dollar will settle at 1:20 Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya continues his policies. Mukupe said that he is using a stochastic model. Stochastic refers to a “distribution or pattern that may be analysed statistically but may not be predicted precisely.”
Writing on Twitter, Mukupe said,
My stochastic models are showing that the rate of equilibrium for the bond note if Mangudya continues on his current trajectory will settle at 1:20…
https://twitter.com/tmukupe/status/1053369447354904576
The exchange rate for the United States Dollar to the bond notes has been fluctuating on the parallel market although the USD has made massive gains against the bond notes following policy announcements by finance minister Mthulu Ncube and RBZ governor John Mangudya.