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Uganda's reserves will decline sharply without external help

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Published 15 May 2020
Uganda's reserves will decline sharply without external help

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Without external help, Uganda’s foreign exchange reserves will fall to under 2 months of import cover in 2020/21 and leave the country in a vulnerable

Without external help, Uganda’s foreign exchange reserves will fall to under 2 months of import cover in 2020/21 and leave the country in a vulnerable position, the International Monetary Fund said in a statement issued on Friday. “Absent external support, the expected deterioration in the current, capital and financial accounts would result in a sharp decline of the Bank of Uganda’s (BoU) reserve buffer,” the IMF said. “This would be below the adequate level of reserves for Uganda, and would leave the country in a vulnerable position,” it added.