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Kenyan Shilling drops further against the US Dollar

BY · May 7, 2015 08:05 am

Secondary Market: Trading in the secondary market declined as bond turnover shrank by 59% to KES 208 million amid restrained liquidity in the money market.

At the CBK MPC meeting held yesterday member’s voted to hold the CBR rate steady at 8.50% in order to continue anchoring inflationary expectations.

Money Market: The interbank rate yesterday stood at 10.64% as tight liquidity spurred interbank borrowing. Meanwhile, yields on the 182-day and 364-day paper edged up marginally during yesterday’s auction whilst subscription levels dropped considerably. The Kenyan Shilling (KES) failed to rally against the US Dollar (USD), dropping 0.11% to 95.15 as sentiments remained suppressed.

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