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Impact of CBK low lending rate to take longer

The decision by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to cut the benchmark rate will take time to have the desired results.

According to the World Bank’s new report, the monetary policy which saw the Central Bank Rate (CBR) lowered by 0.5 percentage points will take longer to counter the effects of Treasury’s austerity measures.

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