Influence of Selected Macro-Economic Factors on Liquidity of Deposit Taking Saccos in Nairobi County

Abstract

The study’s general objective was to investigate the influence of macro-economic variables on liquidity of deposit taking SACCOs. The specific objectives of the research were to establish the influence of gross domestic product on liquidity of deposit taking SACCOs in Nairobi County, influence of inflation rates, exchange rate and interest rates on liquidity of deposit taking SACCOs in Nairobi County. Descriptive research design was used in the study. The researcher targeted a population of all the 42-deposit taking SACCOs in Nairobi County. The study considered use of census technique and secondary data covering a five-year period from 2018 to 2022. The researcher collected data from audited financial reports which were collected from each of the deposit taking SACCOs, SASRA, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and the central bank of Kenya. Analysis of data was done using both descriptive and inferential statistics and Microsoft Excel to calculate the mean score as a measure of central tendency, frequency percentages and standard deviation as a measure of data dispersion. Data was analyzed using a multiple regression analysis model using SPSS version 26.0 as the data analysis tool. The results of this study demonstrated that, throughout the years examined, there is a negative correlation between the inflation rate and the liquidity of deposit-taking SACCOs. This indicates that, over the years examined, a spike in inflation led to a decline in the liquidity of deposit-taking SACCOs. In each of the years examined, there was a correlation between the gross domestic product and the deposit-taking SACCOs' liquidity. This indicates that over the years examined, an increase in the gross domestic product led to an increase in the liquidity deposit taking SACCOs. In each of the years examined, there was a favorable correlation between interest rates and deposit-taking SACCOs. This indicates that an increase in interest rates led to an increase in the liquidity of deposit-taking SACCOs during all the years under consideration. Additionally, there was a negative correlation between exchange rates and the liquidity of deposit-taking SACCOs during all the years under consideration. This indicates that during all years of investigation, an increase in exchange rates resulted in a drop in the liquidity of deposit-taking SACCOs. The report makes the following recommendations in order to increase liquidity in deposit-taking SACCOs in Kenya: The Government should carefully monitor and sensibly regulate the macroeconomic variables. Inflation should be under government control as well because it negatively affects deposit-taking SACCOs' ability to maintain liquidity. Finally, the government should work to raise the nation's GDP because it will help with liquidity.