CBK pushes for lower loan costs in sixth rate cut

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Dr Kamau Thugge during an interview at his office along Haile Selassie Avenue, Nairobi on June 21, 2024.

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The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has piled more pressure on commercial banks to lower lending rates by cutting the benchmark rate at its sixth straight meeting to 9.75 percent from 10 percent.

The regulator observed that there was more scope to ease its policy rate to revitalise private sector lending amid persistent low inflation and exchange rate stability.

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