In October 2024, South Africa's annual headline consumer price ... would further lower the repurchase rate (repo rate). Following the initiation of a rate-cutting cycle in September 2024 the ...

Monetary policy is implemented by setting a short-term policy rate called the repo ... the impact of a higher VAT rate.” However, he says, consumers are dissatisfied with South Africa’s ...

This direct correlation makes repo rate changes extremely important for anyone with a home loan or planning to take one. The impact of repo rate changes is almost immediate on floating-rate home ...