With that the currency will stabilize; interest rates will begin to come down; foreign exchange reserves will be built up and investors will start looking at Malawi again. Inflation should be contained within an average of 18.5 percent in 2012, coming down slightly to about 16 percent in 2013 but with a much lower rate at year-end.
Growth will pick up as projected at 5.9 percent and payments arrears will be history. We will forget that fuel used to be scarce. With increased reserves, we will open up trade more so that Malawians can enjoy the economic freedoms so enshrined in our Constitution.