ECONOMIST Trevor Hambayi says the rise in the inflation rate is due to the fact that the country has no economic fundamentals to hold down. ZAMSATS Statistician General Mulenga Musepa announced on Thursday that the annual inflation rate for April 2023 had increased to 10.2 percent from the 9.9 percent recorded in March 2023. He attributed the upward adjustment in inflation to an increase in prices of selected non-food items. Commenting on the development in an interview, Hambayi said there was need for liquidity in the economy for the country’s GDP to start growing. “What you will find is that we do not have the economic fundamentals that can hold the inflation down. Firstly you must look at what was...