This means that South Africa’s interest rates are still “restrictive”, despite the much improved and often ...

South Africa’s inflation-targeting framework has served the country well, playing a key role in reducing inflation since 2000. However, with inflation still above that of key trading partners, ...

South Africa's inflation rate was steady at 3.2% year on year in February, , the statistics agency said on Wednesday, a day ...

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 national budget overshadow its ...

As the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) gears up for its meeting on Thursday, 20 March 2025, market watchers expect a potential 25 basis point rate cut amid stabilised ...

Keeping South Africa’s inflation target at the current range will be costly for the government, according to central bank chief Lesetja Kganyago, who has long been an advocate of lowering the ...

Kganyago suggested that while South Africa has traditionally aimed for a midpoint inflation target ... reduction in interest rates from over 20% in 1998 to the current rate of 7.5%.

As South Africa braces for an impending interest rate announcement on Thursday, experts are cautiously eyeing the potential outcomes against a backdrop of rising inflation risks and changing ...

As the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary ... market watchers expect a potential 25 basis point rate cut amid stabilised domestic inflation and a stable rand, even as global uncertainties ...