The Bank of Uganda (BoU) Governor, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile will tomorrow Monday October 07, 2019 issue the Monetary Policy Statement for the month of October.
The BoU has for several months maintained the Central Bank Rate (CBR) at 10%.
The CBR is a benchmark lending rate for commercial banks.
According to Stephen Kaboyo, an analyst and Managing Director at Alpha Capital Partners, BoU is most likely to jeep the CBR unchanged.
“The setting of the
October CBR comes against a backdrop of fairly stable domestic economic
conditions and continued optimism of good growth prospects. The month on month
overall inflation has continued to decline, hitting a record low of 1.9%
largely driven by lower food prices following improved supply, core inflation
the mostly watched has also remained subdued, while the shilling has also held
steady against the dollar,” says Kaboyo (pictured).
He adds: “The current domestic economic conditions provide scope for an
accommodative policy stance in the near term. Although there are clouds of
uncertainty hovering over the external environment that could easily increase
volatility in the financial markets, all taken into account, BOU is likely to
stay the course.”
