Kenya’s current account deficit will probably widen in the coming quarters and could reach as much as 6.5% of GDP over this year as a whole. We expect the shilling to continue to depreciate against the dollar and Kenya’s heavy dependence on less stable forms of external financing and sizeable short-term external debts leave the currency vulnerable to even sharper falls.
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