{"id":47484,"date":"2023-01-01T02:15:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T02:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/?p=47484"},"modified":"2023-01-01T02:15:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T02:15:35","slug":"tanzania-blames-its-trading-partners-for-underperformance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/tanzania-blames-its-trading-partners-for-underperformance\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania blames its trading partners for underperformance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bank of Tanzania has blamed high inflation on most of the country\u2019s trade partners, and the high commodity prices for continued pressures on its domestic market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBecause of this unpleasant external environment, combined with elevating domestic supply-side constraints, inflation continued to trend upward, reaching 4.8 percent in September 2022 in Tanzania mainland,\u201d the central bank said in its economic bulletin for the third quarter of 2022 ending September published December 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It cited the same reasons for average inflation rising to 4.6 percent during the quarter compared to 4.1 percent in Quarter 2 of 2022 and 3.9 percent year-on-year from Quarter 3 of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rising inflationary pressures due to persistent global shocks had \u201ccomplicated the conduct of monetary policy by heightening the inflation-growth trade-off,\u201d the central bank said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It added: \u201cIn view of this, and given the inflationary pressures are driven by supply-side factors, the Bank has opted for lessening monetary policy accommodation rather than full-blown tightening,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cThis cautious policy stance aims at aligning liquidity with monetary targets set forth under the IMF Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme and safeguarding growth of economic activities while containing inflationary pressures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BoT noted that similar rising patterns of 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