Based on growth forecasts of 2.3 percent a year through 2022, the Congressional Budget Office predicts that the unemployment rate will remain above 8.0 percent through 2014 and then gradually fall below 6.0 percent by 2017.
Waziri wa Fedha amesema mfumuko wa bei ulifikia asilimia 10.5 mwaka 2016 ikilinganishwa na asilimia 5.7 mwaka 2015, ukichangiwa na ukame na kuyumba kwa utekelezaji wa sera za mapato na matumizi kwa baadhi ya nchi wanachama.