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Tanzania central bank lowers reserve requirements due to coronavirus

Tanzania’s central bank lowered the statutory minimum reserves requirements for commercial banks to 6 per cent from 7 per cent and cut its discount rate for banks, to cushion the economy from the effects of the coronavirus crisis, it said on Tuesday.

The reduction of the reserves will come into effect on June 8 to provide additional liquidity to banks, governor Florens Luoga said in a statement.

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