ESP to boost banks� liquidity � IMF

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.