Kenyas Central Bank Reverses Policy, Cuts Discount
By Johnstone Ole Turana and Nasreen Seria
(Updates with economist’s comment in third paragraph.)
July 12 (Bloomberg) — Kenya’s central bank cut the interest rate it charges commercial lenders by 1.75 percentage points, reversing an increase it imposed just two weeks ago, even as inflation soars.
The overnight discount rate was reduced to 6.25 percent [...]