Inflation expectations put SARB’s next rate call on edge
Oil-shock inflation expectations have jumped even as fuel prices ease, putting the SARB’s July rate call on a knife edge…
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May’s inflation print just made SARB’s next rate call harder
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The great rate switcheroo about to impact your cash
It’s time to bid Jibar goodbye and welcome Zaronia: the main new rate for South African loans, bonds and derivatives…
How Joburg’s budget destroys the SARB’s balancing act
Joburg’s tariff increases gravely undermine the Bank’s efforts to rein in inflation, and compound the misery of higher interest rates…
Kganyago hikes rates — but bets are off from here
The SARB hiked 25bps to 7% but debated 50 – and its revised inflation and oil assumptions mean a July increase is already on…
Why the SARB should hike rates on Thursday
Higher oil prices, rising inflation and the rand: South Africans need to brace for a 25-basis-point rate hike…
The week ahead: Kganyago gets set to pull the rates trigger
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Inflation hits 4%, putting rate hikes firmly in play
South African inflation hit a 20-month high of 4% in April. The fuel surge from the Iran war has shifted the rates conversation to…
Why South Africa needs to brace for rate hikes
Rates hikes are on hold, and unless there’s a speedy resolution in Iran, consumers are looking at the prospect of sharply higher debt costs…
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