Shilingi ya Kenya inaorodheshwa miongoni mwa sarafu thabiti zaidi duniani

Shilingi ya Kenya imeoanishwa na data ya Bloomberg kama moja ya sarafu tano zenye uthabiti zaidi duniani, ikiwa na uwiano wa 1.5% tu katika mwaka uliopita. Uthabiti huu unaimarisha imani katika usimamizi wa kiuchumi wa nchi. Gavana wa Benki Kuu ya Kenya Kamau Thugge anasema ni kutokana na uboreshaji wa nafasi ya kifedha ya nje.

Kulingana na data ya Bloomberg, shilingi ya Kenya imedumisha utendaji thabiti dhidi ya dola ya Marekani kwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja, na kiwango cha uwiano cha 1.5% tu. Hii inaifanya iwe miongoni mwa sarafu zenye uwiano mdogo zaidi duniani, ikizidi sarafu kadhaa kuu. Katika orodha ya tano zenye uwiano mkubwa, peso ya Argentina iliorodheshwa na uwiano wa 22.4%, ikifuatiwa na shekel ya Israeli kwa 11.8% na randi ya Afrika Kusini kwa 10.8%. Rupia ya India ilikuwa na uwiano wa 4.8%, wakati shilingi ya Kenya ilikuwa na 1.5%. Dola ya Hong Kong pekee ndiyo iliyo na uwiano mdogo zaidi wa 0.9% ikilinganishwa na sarafu zingine duniani.

Uwiano wa sarafu unarejelea mara kwa mara na kiwango cha mabadiliko ya sarafu katika kipindi maalum, ambacho hutumiwa kama kiashiria cha hatari ya soko, hofu na kutokuwa na uhakika. Uwiano mdogo kwa ujumla una maana ya sarafu thabiti zaidi, ambayo inavutia wawekezaji, wauzaji nje ya nchi, wauzaji ndani ya nchi na biashara zinapanga shughuli za muda mrefu.

Sarafu thabiti inaweza kusaidia kupunguza gharama za kuagiza bidhaa kutoka nje, kupunguza viwango vya mfumuko wa bei na kuimarisha imani ya wawekezaji. Kwa biashara, inatoa utabiri katika bei na mipango. Gavana Kamau Thugge alisema hivi karibuni kuwa uthabiti wa sarafu ya ndani unatokana na uboreshaji wa nafasi ya kifedha ya nje ya nchi. Alibainisha kuwa salio la akaunti ya sasa la Kenya limekuwa likifanya vizuri, likiungwa mkono na uwekezaji wa moja kwa moja wa kigeni ulioongezeka na ushiriki mkubwa wa kigeni katika bondi za serikali za sarafu ya ndani.

Zaidi ya hayo, remitansi zilizoboreshwa kutoka diaspora na mapato makubwa ya mauzo ya nje yamesaidia kuongeza akiba za fedha za kigeni za nchi, zikiipa benki kuu uwezo mkubwa wa kulinda sarafu dhidi ya mshtuko wa nje. Kwa mwaka uliopita, sarafu imebakia kati ya Ksh128 na Ksh130 dhidi ya dola ya Marekani tangu Agosti 2024, wakati Benki Kuu ilianza kupunguza viwango vya riba.

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