navysky Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 I just saw on fox news (ticker tape) 2 minutes ago that the Kenyan shilling has dropped in value by 30%. maybe we'll start seeing various other countries revaluing up or down like Kenya just did. Go RV!!!!! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliciadogz Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 Hope your right. IT time, it needs to do it !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegente Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 (edited) http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000043594&cid=4& Kenya shilling hits new low, seen "out of control" Updated 7 hr(s) 50 min(s) ago Kenya's shilling tumbled 1.86 per cent against the dollar on Tuesday to hit a fresh all-time low of 104.15 to the greenback, and traders said there was no end in sight to the currency's slide unless the central bank intervened aggressively. The currency's free fall –it has lost close to 30 per cent against the dollar so far this year –exposes a crisis of confidence in the central bank's ability to defend the pummeled currency, tackle inflation and close a widening balance of payments gap. On Tuesday the Kenya shilling hit a new low of 104.15 to the greenback, [PHOTO/STANDARD FILE] "The market is looking out to the central bank for some form of support. At the rate the shilling is falling we are expecting 110 by the end of the week or early next week. It's crazy," said Bhavin Chandaria, a trader at Imperial Bank. The shilling crashed through the key psychological level of 100 on Monday. Market traders said there was little on the horizon to offer support as turmoil in the euro zone, typical end-month dollar demand and panic buying helped drive the shilling south. "(I) have no idea what it is going to take to turn this bleeding and battered currency around," one senior trader based outside Kenya said. At 1015 GMT, commercial banks were quoting the shilling at 103.50/70, sharply down on Monday's close of 102.00/20, but off its low after profit taking by some investors. The steady erosion of the shilling's value this year has fuelled a sharp rise in consumer prices in east Africa's biggest economy. The year-on-year rate of inflation is seen rising to 17.4 percent in September from 16.7 percent a month earlier, a median of 10 economists polled by Reuters showed. OUT OF CONTROL The consumer rights group Consumer Federation of Kenya (COFEK) said the shilling's fall had "run out of control". "We shall sooner (rather) than later, be experiencing imported inflation making things worse as importers will be factoring in the increased costs of imports in the unit pricing," COFEK Secretary General Stephen Mutoro said in a statement. "Regrettably, the real tough times are yet to come," he said. The shilling's emphatic breach of the 100 level set Kenya's chattering classes alight on social media. On Twitter, the hashtag #thingsstrongerthanthekenyashilling was at one point the most popular worldwide. Contributions included: "Arsenal's defence"; "Kenyan MPs will to serve the people" and "wet toilet paper". "We are in an all new territory right now and it's not clear where it could go from here. Guys are watching if the central bank will be back in today," said Wilson Mutai, a trader at African Banking Corporation. The central bank sold on Monday an unspecified amount of dollars for the fifth time this September in an attempt to support the shilling. The bank said on Tuesday it was not in the market for repurchase agreements, easing market fears it might roll-over last week's reverse repos. "It is more panic buying. Some people are buying forward and those are the ones putting pressure on the shilling," said Duncan Kinuthia, head of trading at Commercial Bank of Africa. -Reuters Edited September 27, 2011 by thegente Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpsmit Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 Maybe they found out Obama was born there for sure? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ems Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 Now the O's half-brother will have to live on less than one dollar per day. Oh my! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIAMOND Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 Maybe they found out Obama was born there for sure? What happens when we give him back??? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ems Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 What happens when we give him back??? He'll destroy their economy they way he has destroyed ours. He won't stop until everyone is on food stamps. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31BMP Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 Now the O's half-brother will have to live on less than one dollar per day. Oh my! Oh nos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottn68 Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 Maybe they found out Obama was born there for sure? Brought ya back from the typing colostomy-bag neg, THAT some funny shi'ite right there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex38 Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 Crap! I just invested in that stuff! Didn't everybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIAMOND Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 Crap! I just invested in that stuff! Didn't everybody? Rumor is you'll invest in pig poop!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex38 Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 Rumor is you'll invest in pig poop!!! That's NO RUMOR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncirculd Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 Crap! I just invested in that stuff! Didn't everybody? NOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voldimort Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 this is how Obama is getting back at them for tell he is from there. this sucks for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncirculd Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 Well he can take part of that WGS fund and give it to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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