CBK avoids interventions to prop up Kenya shilling

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The Central Bank of Kenya in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) says it has held off on intervening in the foreign exchange rate market to prop up the Kenyan shilling, preferring to let it find its level.

Despite the local unit losing 15 percent of its value against the US dollar this year so far, the apex bank says it has largely stepped back on intervention, suggesting the depreciation in the local unit is not representative of excess volatility.

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