Uganda’s external pressures force aggressive tightening
The Bank of Uganda’s (BoU) decision to raise its policy rate by 225bp to 12.00% at an unscheduled meeting today underscores the deterioration in the country’s external position. So long as global energy prices remain elevated and authorities are reluctant to deploy FX reserves as a buffer, more currency weakness and aggressive rate hikes are likely.
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