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How Sarb and SA’s banks are wiring the country’s green finance grid
How do you price the risk of a dying planet? The South African Reserve Bank and the country’s financial institutions are ...
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South African Reserve Bank Maintains Main Repo Rate at 8.25%
JOHANNESBURG—The South African Reserve Bank on Thursday maintained its main repo rate at 8.25% in an effort to keep inflation in check amid disappointing economic performance. The SARB kept the ...
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South African Reserve Bank Holds Main Repo Rate at 7.5% Amid Rising Uncertainty
The South African Reserve Bank held its main repo rate at 7.5% on Thursday, as tensions with the U.S. continue to rise amid escalating global uncertainty. On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco ...
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South African Reserve Bank to hold repo rate at 8.25% on Nov. 23
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) will keep its repo rate unchanged on Nov. 23 and wait until May 2024 before cutting it, a Reuters poll found, as policymakers ...
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USD/ZAR: South African rand outlook before SARB decision
It plunged from a high of 19.93 on April 9 to a low of 17.80 this week as investors focus on the upcoming South African Reserve Bank (SARB ... in April from 2.7% a month earlier. It remains inside the ...
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South African Reserve Bank to cut rates 25 bps to 8.00% on Sept. 19
Aug 15 (Reuters) - South Africa's Reserve Bank is expected to cut interest rates for the first time in more than two years - by 25 basis points to 8.00% - on Sept. 19, according to a Reuters poll ...
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South Africa’s Central Bank Creates New Inflation Measure to Assist Policy Making
The South African Reserve Bank has constructed a new inflation measure to monitor underlying price developments that will help support monetary policy decision making. Supercore inflation is made ...
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South African Reserve Bank to hike repo rate 50 bps on July 21
The South African Reserve Bank will raise its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 5.25% next Thursday as it tries to rein in quicker inflation, a Reuters poll found. JOHANNESBURG ...
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SAfrica's coal dependency puts economy at risk: report
South Africa's coal-dependent economy could lose billions in export revenue and thousands of jobs as more countries and ...
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South Africa Central Bank Sees Stress on Lenders From High Rates
The South African Reserve Bank said the quality of bank loan books has suffered amid high interest rates and announced plans to have lenders add protectively to their capital buffers in 2025 ...
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South African Central Bank to Look at Regulating Crypto
Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). "Our view has changed and we now regard it [cryptocurrency] as a financial asset and we hope to regulate it as a financial asset," he said ...
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South African Reserve Bank Cuts Main Repo Rate to 7.25%
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 uncertainty. Earlier this month, South African ...