WHILE government is optimistic that debt restructuring will be concluded in the first quarter of the year, economist Trevor Hambayi thinks the chances of success in that period are low. Finance and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane told the media that government was optimistic of concluding debt negotiations in the first quarter of 2023. But in an interview, Hambayi was of the view that there was a good possibility of the debt negotiations getting into the second quarter of the year because cardinal issues had not yet been resolved. “The debt restructuring has affected the country’s capacity to be able to keep us balanced in the micro economic indicator of the exchange rate. But I totally believe as a...