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Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters The South African Reserve Bank cut its main repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.25% on Thursday, as tensions with the U.S. continue amid ongoing global ...
The announcement comes as the bank foresees lower global interest rates and a weaker outlook for the local economy ...
South Africa's central bank believes it has reached a "neutral zone" on interest rates after its latest cut and now needs government reforms to spark stronger economic growth, Reserve ...
As it stands, opinion is divided over what the South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) may elect to do later this week.
Despite the global environment becoming less tense since the March meeting, the central bank will remain cautious, economists say ...
South African property CEOs have welcomed the recent interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank, but they’re also not convinced this will continue.
The prime lending rate that banks use as a benchmark when lending to customers is 10.75%. For a while the cuts have been small but there cumulative effect has resulted in a full percentage point ...
Homeowners will be quietly celebrating Wednesday’s sluggish growth figures, with Australia’s slip back into a per capital ...
New passenger car sales reached 31,741 units in May, up 30% from 24,419 units in May 2024. Light commercial vehicles, including bakkies and minibuses, increased 5.8% to 10,938 units. Medium and heavy ...