majimaji wrote:
What is the downside of the Govt capping interest rates?
Banks will politely be reluctant to loan to common mwananchi (micro institutions)because risk might be high to be compensated by the suggested capped interest return. So banks will be inclined to loan to govt because the risk is very very minimal even if the rate is low.
This will lead to micro institution that depends on loans from banks being starved leading to slower economic growth,slower hiring in that sector and leads to ripple effect towards other sectors .