Zimbabwe’s bankers on Tuesday warned the central bank about the impact of any future shocks to the local currency to avoid eating into people’s incomes and eroding public confidence after a 43% devaluation last week.

Zimbabwe’s gold-backed currency, which was devalued by 43% by the central bank on Sept. 27, remained under pressure on Monday.

Zimbabwe's newly introduced gold-backed currency, the ZiG, continues its downward spiral against the US dollar, raising concerns about the nation's economic stability. Despite being devalued by a significant 43% by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) just last Friday,

Zimbabwe's gold-backed ZiG currency fell more than 40% against the U.S. dollar on the interbank market from Thursday to Friday, the central bank's website showed. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's website gave the mid rate for ZiG as 24.

Zimbabwe raised interest rates and devalued its gold-backed currency by 43%, following persistent weakness in the ZiG amid deep skepticism that the nation’s latest bid to create a viable local unit would succeed.

Zimbabwe's central bank allowed the local gold-backed currency to fall over 40% against the dollar on Friday and hiked its policy rate, giving in to weeks of sustained pressure on the currency which was only launched in April.

Zimbabwe's central bank has devalued its gold-backed currency by over 40% against the US dollar, indicating that the last ditch effort to stabilise the country's volatile economy, is in trouble. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) made the decision to slash the local exchange rate to 24 Zig to $1 (£0.

Zimbabwe sold its gold-backed currency to banks at 44% less than the prevailing rate against the dollar Friday, according to four treasury dealers, effectively devaluing the unit.

Zimbabwe’s bullion-backed currency has slid past 14 per dollar, its weakest level on the official market since it started trading five months ago. The ZiG, short for Zimbabwe Gold, is also experiencing its longest-yet losing streak against the dollar,