OPINION/EDITORIAL

Kenya GDP: KNBS Rebases National Accounts; Positive Outlook Maintained

September 21, 2021/Cordros Report Marking the culmination of work that started in 2017, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has revised and rebased the national accounts using 2016 as the base year (Previously: 2009). The current rebasing marks the seventh in the country’s history – 1957, 1967, 1976, 1986, […]

Why Public Finance for Climate Matters

September 21, 2021/EBRD By Jamilah Bahay Image Credit: EBRD The Presidents of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB), Odile Renaud-Basso and Werner Hoyer, appealed yesterday for urgent action on climate change, while comparing their complementary work on tackling it in their overlapping regions. The EBRD works across 38 economies […]

Policy Normalisation and Potential Impacts on Emerging Markets

September 21, 2021/United Capital Research Since the initial foreign capital flight triggered by the pandemic in early 2020, Emerging Markets (EMs) have benefitted from the knock-on effects of accommodative monetary policy, which prompted investors to seek higher yields. However, with inflation rising across developed economies and decent economic rebound from […]