ECONOMIST Professor Oliver Saasa says there are positive sentiments in the country that are stimulating economic growth. And Prof Saasa says Zambia is expected to record a single-digit inflation rate by August, adding that he has no doubt whatsoever that the government is doing the right things. In an interview, Professor Saasa said the first-quarter performance indicated that the country was on the right track to recording a positive economic growth rate. “One of the things that will bring hope and that is where growth comes from, is how we dismantle the debt that was contracted. Not only external debt, more prominent, but also domestic debt. The IMF are gurus globally in helping countries that are stressed and at those...

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