SARB: Window for a cut closed, rates will be on hold

Given policymakers’ decision to keep their key rate on hold at 6.50% today, we now think that South African interest rates will remain unchanged over the coming quarters. Policymakers do not seem inclined to take the opportunity to boost the economy, and their window for doing so has now closed.

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