South Africa's central bank struck a measured tone after its first rate cut in more than four years on Thursday, saying although inflation had fallen faster than expected there were still risks to ...

PRETORIA (Reuters) -South Africa's central bank paused its rate-cutting cycle on Thursday as risks stemming from U.S. President Donald Trump's global trade war and the country's deadlocked ...

And mortgage rates are more than twice as high as they were during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, when the average 30-year rate hovered around 3 percent for stretches of 2020 and 2021.