Citi tips shilling to lose ground against dollar

The shilling traded at an average of 101.80 units to the dollar last December 24. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The fiscal and current account deficits as well as the lower foreign exchange reserves are likely to continue to exert pressure on the Kenyan shilling in 2019.

Analysts at Citi Global Markets, the investment banking arm of multinational bank Citigroup, say the shilling is more likely to be influenced by the value of imports as opposed to that of exports which has normally been much lower.

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