meeting has sparked intense debate on whether the South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) will implement an interest rate cut. With inflation plummeting to 2.7% in March—its lowest point since 2020 ...

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 expected that inflation would be between 2.9% and 3% and were surprised that it decreased to 2.7% in March. The news that inflation was the lowest in almost five years in March now has ...

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 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 ...

Although we all watch the increases and decreases in the repo rate with eagle eyes ... no VAT increase and an inflation rate below the South African Reserve Bank’s target range, many South ...

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 ...

JOHANNESBURG, April 25 (Reuters) - South African economic growth will be a bit weaker this year than thought a month ago partly due to trade tensions, with U.S. President Donald Trump having ...

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 ...

The South African Reserve Bank kept the key interest rate unchanged ... Read: Sarb holds repo rate steady at 7.5% “With the recent softening in inflation, the Sarb has cut interest rates ...