Bloomberg Uganda’s central bank held its benchmark rate at 9% saying subdued inflation provides room to shield the economy from global headwinds and increasing domestic needs for private-sector financing. The monetary policy stance remains accommodative and supportive, Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile told reporters in the capital, Kampala. The central bank cut the key rate for the first time in more than …

Bloomberg The National Bank of Kazakhstan kept interest rates on hold at a second consecutive meeting, but warned that inflation may pick up in the first quarter of next year. The base rate stayed unchanged at 9.25%, the National Bank of Kazakhstan said in a statement. The decision was forecast by six economists polled by Bloomberg. Inflation may accelerate to …

Bloomberg Mexico’s inflation slowed to slightly below the central bank’s target for the first time since 2016, bolstering economists’ expectations that policy makers will keep cutting interest rates this month. Consumer prices rose 2.97% in November from a year earlier, less than the 3% forecast by economists in a Bloomberg survey, Mexico’s statistics agency reported on Monday. Prices increased 0.81% …