Monetary Policy
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has released the report of the CEOs Survey of July 2021. The Survey was introduced in March 2021, and conducted every two months, prior to every Monetary Policy Committee meeting. The objective of the Survey is to capture information on...
Monetary Policy
The Monetary Policy Committee retained the Central Bank Rate (CBR) at 7.00 percent at its July 28, 2021 meeting. Read...
Monetary Policy
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has published a White Paper on the ‘Modernisation of the Monetary Policy Framework and Operations’ available on (link). The White Paper is an MPC blueprint of the milestones achieved so far and also outlines further measures to be...
Banking Sector
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has released the 2020 Survey Report on MSME Access to Bank Credit. The Survey sought to establish the status of banking sector funding to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya as at December 31, 2020. It also explored the...
General
In 2020 and 2021, the Financial Sector Deepening Trust (FSD) Kenya in collaboration with Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and Central Bank of Kenya conducted two waves of the FinAccess Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) Tracker Survey to better understand...
Monetary Policy
The next meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will be held on Wednesday, July 28,...
Monetary Policy
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) introduced a Chief Executive Officers’ (CEOs) Survey in March 2021, with the objective of capturing information on top firms’ perceptions, expectations and decisions and supporting key policy decisions, including monetary policy. The...
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, demand...
Monetary Policy
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) conducted a Survey of Hotels between May 11 and 13, 2021, to assess the extent of recovery of the sector, particularly following the resurgence in COVID-19 cases in the country and the consequent imposition of zoned lockdowns in...
Multimedia
CBK Governor Dr. Patrick Njoroge held a press briefing on May 27 2021, after the MPC meeting on May 26, 2021. The briefing was done on videolink. (We apologise for the sound quality in the first two or so minutes – it clears up...
