{"id":23726,"date":"2026-02-13T12:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/malawi-aims-to-bring-inflation-below-21-this-year\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:29","slug":"malawi-aims-to-bring-inflation-below-21-this-year","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/malawi-aims-to-bring-inflation-below-21-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Malawi aims to bring inflation below 21% this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The donor-dependent Southern African nation has struggled to rein in inflation, which currently stands at 26% year-on-year and has been above 20% since the middle of 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_elementtoproof\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_elementtoproof\">Mutharika returned to power in a September election on promises of reviving Malawi&#8217;s economic fortunes after years of crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_elementtoproof\">Crippling foreign exchange shortages have disrupted imports of fuel, fertiliser and other essential goods. Mutharika told lawmakers the goal was to lift economic growth to 3.8% in 2026 and to 4.9% in 2027, up from the 2.7% rate he said his administration had inherited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_elementtoproof\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_elementtoproof\">Malawi is trying to negotiate a new support programme from the International Monetary Fund, restructure its debt and boost dwindling international reserves.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_elementtoproof\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23727,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-23726","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Malawi's government aims to bring annual inflation below 21% this year, President Peter Mutharika told parliament on Friday","published_date":"2026-02-13 00:00:00","news_description":"Malawi's government aims to bring annual inflation below 21% this year, President Peter Mutharika told parliament on Friday","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26611,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23726\/revisions\/26611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=23726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}