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Kenya’s central bank kept its Central Bank Rate (CBR) at 10.0 percent, as expected, saying its current policy stance had reduced the threat of demand-driven inflation, which is still expected to remain above the government’s target in the near term due to higher prices of some food items.
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), which has maintained its rate since cutting it to the current level in September 2016, added recent rains and intervention by the government are expected to provide some relief to the recent rise in food prices, with non-food, non-fuel inflation stable at 5.0 percent, suggesting that demand pressures and pass-through of higher food prices are muted.
Kenya’s headline inflation rate rose to 11.5 percent in April from 10.3 percent in March to the highest level since May 2012 as drought pushed up prices of maize flour, sugar, kales and tomatoes.
Kenya targets inflation of 5.0 percent, plus/minus 2.5 percentage points.
But Kenya’s shilling has remained stable this year, supported by a narrower current account deficit as tourism, coffee exports and remittances from abroad have remained strong. Tea and horticulture has remain resilient despite lower export volumes from adverse weather in the first quarter.
The shilling was trading at 103.3 to the U.S. dollar today, down 1 percent this year.
The CBK added its foreign exchange reserves were at all-time high levels and currently at US$8.239.9 billion, or 5.4 months of imports, up from $7.716.4 billion end-March. Together with IMF arrangements of $1.5 billion, this continues to “provide a buffer against short-term shocks.”
In September last year Kenya’s government imposed a cap on banks’ interest rates and the CBK said a May private market perception survey showed marginally weaker expectations for economic growth from its March survey due to the impact of drought and a slower private sector growth.
Data shows that the number of loan applications rose by 23.4 percent from August 2016 to April 2017, but the value of the applications fell by 18.3 percent. Loan approvals rose 35.7 percent while their value fell by 16.3 percent, the central bank said.
However, the central bank added that credit to private households, manufacturing, and real estate had picked up in March and April this year.
Kenya’s economy expanded by 5.8 percent in 2016, up from 5.7 percent in 2015.
The Central Bank of Kenya issued the following statement:
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If you opened this article thinking you’d find evidence of why students who graduate at the top of their high-school class go onto become lazy bums, well, you won’t find it.
A Boston University researcher who followed valedictorians and salutatorians into adulthood found that most did in fact achieve the traditional markers of success. Nearly everyone graduated from college, where their average GPA was 3.6; the majority went on to earn a graduate degree; and nearly half landed in top-tier professional jobs.
So far, so expected.
“But how many of these number one high-school performers go on to change the world, run the world, or impress the world? The answer seems to be clear: zero.”
The above is a quotation from Eric Barker’s new book, “Barking Up the Wrong Tree,” where he cites the Boston University research.
Barker’s point is that while top students generally go on to be successful, few of them go on to achieve the kind of wild success most of us dream of.
Instead, kids who struggle with, or don’t particularly enjoy, formal education are more likely to get there. In fact, a study of 700 American millionaires found that their average GPA was just 2.9.
There are two potential reasons for this phenomenon, Barker writes:
1. “Schools reward students who consistently do what they are told” — and life rewards people who shake things up.
Karen Arnold, the Boston University researcher, told Barker: “Essentially, we are rewarding conformity and the willingness to go along with the system.”
In other words, the valedictorians found out exactly what the teachers wanted and delivered it consistently.
But if you think about the world’s most influential thinkers and leaders, most came up with an out-of-the-box solution to some political or scientific issue. Going along with what was already working moderately well never made anyone famous.
When he visited the Business Insider office in May, Barker explained: “In school, rules are very clear. In life, rules are not so clear. So a certain amount of not playing by the rules is advantageous once you get out of a closed system like education.”
Barker explains that, even if you’re fascinated by history in high school, you can’t spend all your time studying the European Renaissance. At some point, you’ve got to stop and move onto your math homework.
But once you’re in the working world, you’ll need to excel in a particular domain — and other knowledge or skills won’t matter so much.
And here’s the real shocker: Arnold found that intellectual students who genuinely enjoy learning tend to struggle in high school. They find the education system “stifling” because it doesn’t allow them to pursue their passions deeply.
Barker summed up all the research nicely in the interview with Business Insider: “Valedictorians often go on to be the people who support the system — they become a part of the system — but they don’t change the system or overthrow the system.”
None of this is to say, of course, that if you were your high-school valedictorian, you’ll never achieve big-time success. You might very well.
But you’ll have to keep in mind that playing by the rules won’t get you as far as it once did. Taking risks and going against the grain — “sticking it to the man,” if you will — is harder to do, but it’ll get you farther.
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Silver Non-Commercial Positions:
Large speculators and traders decreased their bullish net positions in the silver futures markets last week for a third consecutive week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.
The non-commercial futures contracts of Comex silver futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of 71,367 contracts in the data reported through May 2nd. This was a weekly drop of -22,246 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 93,613 net contracts.
Silver net speculative positions have now declined by over -34,000 contracts over the past three weeks after speculators built a record high bullish position on April 11th (+105,515 net bullish contracts).
Silver Commercial Positions:
The commercial traders position, categorized by the CFTC as hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of -86,574 contracts last week. This is a weekly change of 21,515 contracts from the total net of -108,089 contracts reported the previous week.
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the SLV ishares ETF, which tracks the price of silver, closed at approximately $15.93 which was a decline of $-0.75 from the previous close of $16.68, according to ETF financial market data.
*COT Report: The weekly commitment of traders report summarizes the total trader positions for open contracts in the futures trading markets. The CFTC categorizes trader positions according to commercial hedgers (traders who use futures contracts for hedging as part of the business), non-commercials (large traders who speculate to realize trading profits) and nonreportable traders (usually small traders/speculators). Find CFTC criteria here: (http://ift.tt/1BFu6fQ).
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Copper Non-Commercial Positions:
Large speculators and traders increased their bullish net positions in the copper futures markets last week following four weeks of declines, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.
The non-commercial futures contracts of copper futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of 18,538 contracts in the data reported through May 2nd. This was a weekly rise of 6,080 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 12,458 net contracts.
Copper positions had fallen for eleven out of the previous twelve weeks and to a new low level since November 1st before last week’s rebound brought net positions to the best level since early April.
Copper Commercial Positions:
The commercial traders position, categorized by the CFTC as hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of -19,482 contracts last week. This is a weekly change of -7,492 contracts from the total net of -11,990 contracts reported the previous week.
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the JJC iPath Bloomber Copper ETN, which tracks the price of copper, closed at approximately $30.02 which was a gain of $0.51 from the previous close of $29.51, according to financial market data.
*COT Report: The COT data, released weekly to the public each Friday, is updated through the previous Tuesday (data is 3 days old) and shows a quick view of how large speculators or non-commercials (for-profit traders) as well as the commercial traders (hedgers & traders for business purposes) were positioned in the futures markets. The CFTC categorizes trader positions according to commercial hedgers (traders who use futures contracts for hedging as part of the business), non-commercials (large traders who speculate to realize trading profits) and nonreportable traders (usually small traders/speculators). Find CFTC criteria here: (http://ift.tt/1BFu6fQ).
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Disclosing supplemental information like key operating metrics and forecasts requires controls and procedures, says the SEC’s Wesley Bricker.
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President Donald Trump’s chief economic adviser Gary Cohn suggested Friday the administration will take a more inclusive approach to crafting a tax reform bill. Cohn suggested that the approach will make it easier to pass tax reform than the healthcare bill.
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