Economics

IMF Says Uganda Currency Overvalued, Urges Minimal Intervention

  • Shilling’s gained 3.5% this year and is Africa’s 5th-best unit
  • Mission in December will determine level of overvaluation

Prices in Ugandan shillings displayed on sacks of fresh grain on a stall at Owino Market in Kampala, Uganda.

Photographer: Katumba Badru Sultan/Bloomberg
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Uganda’s shilling is moderately overvalued, according to the International Monetary Fund, which urged the East African nation’s authorities to only intervene in moments of “extreme” market distress.