The South African Reserve Bank elected to keep interest rates on hold in the country when its Monetary Policy Committee met for the second time in 2025 on 20 March. As a result, the repo rate is ...

with a real repo rate of 4.3% compared to the neutral estimate of 2.5%. “The South African Reserve Bank still has room to move after cutting the repo rate by 0.25% to 7.5% in January and holding ...

Economists at Nedbank say South Africans should not hold out any hope for further interest rate cuts in 2025, with the South African Reserve Bank (SARB ... left the repo rate at 7.50% at its ...

DURBAN - Some economists have started to weigh if an inflation surprise could give the South African Reserve Bank (SARB)’s monetary ... costs in the next repo rate decision.

Economists now widely anticipate a repo rate cut when the South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets in May, following inflation falling to an almost five-year low in ...

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) said that a global trade war poses a serious threat to economic activity, with spillovers expected for South Africa. However, the local currency has recovered ...