Ericsson wrote:The trick is
--GOK does massive cost cutting
--Ksh strengthens
--Repeal interest rates cap.Interest rates won't rise afterwards so long as GOK doesn't go on borrowing spree
1. IMF is responsible for that one.
2. KES strength does not only depend on domestic matters but mostly on performance of the dollar. Even the recent rally in KES was not coz of improving internal fundamentals but rather dollar weakness. In a reversal the much KE can do is burn through its reserves in a futile defence attempt.
3. Same as no.2. Interest rates(locally and internationally) must go up whether the rate cap stays as is, is modified or repealed. GoK on the other hand will be forced to borrow massively in the domestic market from Q2 onwards if only just to manage interest payments...add any bullet principal payment and it ain't a pretty picture.
Note that recent growth has been GoK driven so any austerity on that front will be painful. No easy fix once the decay has gotten this far.
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