ESP to boost banks� liquidity � IMF
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
The institution’s optimism, however, seems to go against the current outlook, with interest rates being at record low levels since 2015 and credit growth declining as commercial banks adopted a cautious approach to lending in the context of slow growth in customer deposits and increasing competition to raise funds.
In a Botswana report published recently, the IMF said the change in fiscal policy is expected to enhance monetary policy transmission by releasing commercial banks’ liquidity constraints through increased deposits in this way supporting domestic demand.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...