随着离岸投资者和进口商对美元的需求增加，乌干达先令兑美元跌至历史最低水平，给当地货币带来了新的压力。
Uganda’s shilling weakened to its lowest level on record against the dollar as demand for the greenback from offshore investors and importers put renewed pressure on the local currency.
周一早些时候，先令兑美元汇率为4025，突破了4000先令这一心理关口。根据乌干达银行在其官方网站发布的汇率数据，到伦敦时间下午1点，跌幅有所收窄，报4018先令。
The shilling exchanged hands for 4,025 per dollar earlier on Monday, crossing the psychologically important 4,000-shilling mark. It later pared losses and was quoted at 4,018 shilling by 1 p.m. in London, according to exchange-rate data posted by the Bank of Uganda on its official website.
连续六天的下跌使先令成为今年迄今为止非洲表现第二差的货币，仅次于加纳塞地。该东非国家的货币兑美元已贬值10%。
The six-day loosing streak has made the shilling the second-worst performing currency in Africa so far this year, trailing only Ghana’s cedi. The East African nation’s unit has lost 10% against the dollar.
约翰内斯堡上市的Absa Group Ltd.在其货币展望中表示，预计乌干达先令将继续“容易受到离岸投资者和大型企业进口商重新出现的美元需求的冲击”，尤其是能源、制造业和电信行业的进口商。
In its currency outlook, the local unit of Johannesburg-listed Absa Group Ltd. said it expects the Ugandan shilling to remain “vulnerable to renewed dollar demand” from offshore investors and large corporate importers, particularly those in the energy, manufacturing and telecommunications sectors.
该银行在客户报告中写道，高国际油价、离岸投资组合调整以及中东冲突的不确定性也可能加剧更广泛的贬值趋势。
High international oil prices, offshore portfolio adjustments and uncertainty over the Middle East conflict are also likely to exacerbate the broader depreciation trend, the lender wrote in a client note.