01709cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005434 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451821215 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Kenya : 2008 Article IV Consultation; Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Kenya. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (58 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Kenya's macroeconomic performance continued to improve until violence erupted in the aftermath of the general elections of December 2007. This 2008 Article IV Consultation highlights that GDP growth reached 7.0 percent in 2007, the highest in more than two decades. Monetary policy was tightened in June 2008 to address rising inflation pressures. Executive Directors have welcomed the recent tightening of monetary policy and the authorities' readiness to tighten further to prevent the second-round effect of rising food and fuel prices. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2008/339 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2008/339/002.2008.issue-339-en.xml IMF e-Library