Firms freeze expansion plans on economic woes, high costs

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The majority of Kenyan firms have frozen expansion plans in an economic setting where operating costs are rising amidst persistent cash flow challenges, analysis of findings of a monthly private sector survey shows.

A modest two in every 10 companies have reported plans to increase branches, raise output capacity or add new products in the next year in monthly surveys done between July and October by American analytics firm, S&P Global, on behalf of Stanbic Bank.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.