乌干达财政部长表示，该国致力于应对由暂时性冲击和更深层结构性脆弱性共同推动的最新货币波动。
Uganda’s finance minister said the nation is committed to seeing through the latest currency volatility fueled by a combination of temporary shocks and deeper structural vulnerabilities.
该货币今年已贬值18%，根据彭博社汇编的数据，它是玻利维亚货币之后全球表现最差的货币。
The unit has weakened by 18% this year, making it the world’s worst-performing currency after the Bolivian unit, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
一些扰动货币的压力，随着全球状况和市场情绪改善，可能会缓解，财政部长亨利·穆萨西齐周二在向立法者发表的讲话中表示。这些压力包括国际油价和运费、与厄尔尼诺现象相关的天气中断，以及外国投资者抛售国内证券。
Some of the pressures buffeting the currency are likely to ease as global conditions and market sentiment improve, Finance Minister Henry Musasizi said in an address to lawmakers on Tuesday. These include international oil and freight prices, weather-related disruptions associated with El Niño and foreign investors selling domestic securities.
“然而，其他挑战是结构性的；出口基础狭窄，依赖进口燃料，以及首次石油生产前石油项目的大量进口需求，”他说。
“However, other challenges are structural; a narrow export base, dependence on imported fuel and substantial import requirements for oil projects ahead of first oil production,” he said.
一些最近的政策应对措施，包括一次大幅加息，将“需要时间才能在经济中发挥作用”，他补充道。中央银行本月早些时候在一次紧急利率制定会议上将基准利率上调225个基点至12%。
Some recent policy responses including a jumbo interest-rate hike will “take time to work through the economy,” he added. The central bank increased its benchmark rate by 225 basis points to 12% at an emergency rate-setting meeting earlier this month.
它还至少两次干预美元销售，动用其700亿美元储备以帮助平滑汇率波动。周二，先令兑美元录得十多年来最大涨幅，在连续数日持续走弱后收复了一些失地。
It’s also intervened with dollar sales at least twice, dipping into its $7 billion reserves to help smoothen exchange-rate volatility. On Tuesday, the shilling posted its biggest gains against the dollar in more than a decade, recovering some ground after days of persistent weakness.
该货币在坎帕拉当地时间11点40分时，兑美元涨幅缩水并下跌0.8%，报4408。
The currency pared gains and weakened 0.8% against the dollar to 4,408 by 11:40 a.m. in Kampala.
当局致力于市场决定的汇率，并将允许经济适应外部条件的变化，同时依靠储备作为抵御冲击的缓冲。
Authorities are committed to a market-determined exchange rate and will allow the economy to adjust to changes in external conditions, while leaning on reserves to provide a buffer against shocks.
“我们不会承诺动用公共资源来捍卫特定的汇率，”穆萨西齐表示。审慎管理国际储备“必须在应对破坏性市场状况的需求与保持国家履行外部义务的能力之间取得平衡。”
“We are not committing public resources to defending a particular exchange rate,” Musasizi said. Prudent management of international reserves “must balance the need to address disruptive market conditions with the need to preserve the country’s capacity to meet external obligations.”