Economy tipped to grow 5pc

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[Image source: African Arguments | Credit: Nina R.]


Business Daily | by Constant Munda


Global economists have marginally upgraded Kenya’s economic growth outlook for this year, citing debt reliefs and stronger capital expenditure.

A consensus outlook from 15 global banks, consultancies and think-tanks shows that Kenya’s economy is likely to rebound from an estimated growth of 0.6 per cent to five per cent, an upward revision from 4.9 per cent a month ago.

Analysts at the Barcelona-based FocusEconomics, who compiled the outlook data between January 19 and 24, said the fresh projection is an upgrade of 0.1 percentage points from last month’s forecast…

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[Image source: African Arguments | Credit: Nina R.]

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