Monetary Policy
The agriculture sector continues to play a critical role in Kenya’s economy accounting for 20 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The sector also employs over 40 percent of the total population and more than 70 percent of the rural populace. Given the critical...
Monetary Policy
The Monetary Policy Committee raised the Central Bank Rate (CBR) to 8.75 percent at its November 23, 2022...
Banking Sector
The Central Bank of Kenya has released the Credit Officer Survey Report for September 2022. The quarterly survey monitors developments in the domestic credit market. Read the full report...
General
This is the first report that has utilized the 2021 FinAccess Household Survey dataset to analyze all the four dimensions of financial inclusion; access, usage, quality, and impact at County level across all the forty-seven (47) counties (devolved Units of...
General
The Public Service Commission invites applications for the position of Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya. The deadline for applications is November 14, 2022. Read the full Advert...
General
The Governor’s opinion article, Emerging and Frontier Economies at a Crossroads, was published this weekend in The East African newspaper. You can read it at https://bit.ly/3DB58Dq, or in its original form...
Monetary Policy
The next meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will be held on Wednesday, November 23,...
Multimedia
The Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, Dr. Patrick Njoroge, hosted a press briefing on Friday, September 30, 2022, after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting on Thursday, September 30,...
Monetary Policy
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has released the report of the September 2022 CEOs Survey. The Survey is conducted every two months, prior to the Monetary Policy Committee meeting. The objective of the Survey is to capture information on top firms’ perceptions,...
Monetary Policy
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) undertakes a Market Perceptions Survey, prior to every Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, to obtain perceptions of banks and non-bank private sector firms on selected economic indicators including inflation, economic growth,...
