inflation

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Rising demand for Gold in kenya
SMART MONEY

Market Volatility and the Rising Demand for Gold in Trading Portfolios: A Kenyan Perspective

The increasing demand for gold is a marked trend, particularly in countries like Kenya, where market volatility and economic instability prompt traders to...

Treasury CS John Mbadi
FEATURED STORY

Revealed: Govt Interventions That Have Eased Cost Of Living In Kenya

The year-on-year inflation rate for February 2025 stood at 3.5%, which is a significant drop from 6.3% in February 2024. This shows that...

forex market trends 2
SMART MONEY

Economic Indicators and Their Influence on Forex Market Trends

Economic indicators can have a significant influence on forex market trends and currency pairs.

CBR Rate in Kenya - Cost of Living
ECONOMY

CBK Signals Drop In Cost Of Living, Retains Interest Rate At 10.5%

The Central Bank of Kenya Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has retained the Central Bank rate (CBR), Kenya’s signal interest rate at 10.5%, citing...

Cooking Oil
ECONOMY

Pain At The Kitchen As Prices Of Cooking Oil Shoot By 47 Percent

The price of cooking oil increased by 47 percent between December 2020 and December 2021, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics...

The report indicates that overall inflation declined to 6.5 percent in October 2021 from 6.9 percent in September, mainly due to lower fuel prices.
ECONOMY

Food Prices Remain High Despite Economic Recovery Measures By Gov’t

Food inflation remained elevated at 10.6 percent in October, mainly due to the impact of depressed rainfall on some food items. This is...

Kenyans pictured selling fruits and vegetables out of their cars
FEATURED STORY

Inflation Jumps for the First Time Since April, Here’s Why

It marked the end of a five-month disinflation trend, where the cost of common user goods and services kept going down month on...

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ECONOMY

Kenya’s Bright Economic Future Despite Current Inadequate Money Supply

Investment has been low in sectors with greater capacity to absorb labour

Luiza Trajano. She decided to open a chain of micro shops that didn't stock anything where customers would browse a computerised catalogue then order what they wanted. www.businesstoday.co.ke]
SMART MONEY

Billionaire Retailer Whose Shops Had No Stock

Luiza would deliver orders to homes from a network of nationwide distribution depots