The Central Bank of Kenya undertakes a Market Perceptions Survey every two months, prior to every Monetary Policy Committee meeting, to obtain the expectations of banks and non-bank private sector firms on selected economic indicators. Read the report of the March...
The Central Bank of Kenya has issued a Guidance Note to commercial banks, mortgage finance companies and microfinance banks on regulatory capital treatment of provisions arising from implementation of the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9. Read...
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has prepared a draft paper on the impact of interest rate capping on the Kenyan economy. CBK invites comments on the draft paper through the email address ResearchStat@centralbank.go.ke by April 30, 2018. Read the full draft paper...
The Central Bank of Kenya and the University of Nairobi hosted a public lecture in honour of the late Prof. Francis Mwega on February 27, 2018. The keynote address was by Prof. Benno Ndulu, the former Governor of the Bank of Tanzania, on the subject ‘Conduct of...
The Central Bank of Kenya has compiled the credit officer survey report for the quarter ended December 2017. The survey, undertaken on a quarterly basis, aims at monitoring trends in credit standards in the Kenyan banking industry and gaining insights into specific...
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is revising the legal and regulatory framework governing the microfinance banking sub-sector in Kenya to ensure it is up to date and relevant to the sub-sector’s dynamic operating environment. In this regard, CBK is currently conducting...
