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WATCH: Why the Bank left rates unchanged
Nedbank senior economist Nicky Weimar, Alexander Forbes executive chief economist Isaah Mhlanga and Stanlib chief economist Kevin Lings talk to Business Day TV
20 September 2019 - 09:45
The Reserve Bank resisted pressure to cut interest rates and kept them unchanged on Thursday.
Only four of 18 economists surveyed by Bloomberg were expecting a rate cut, but the decision still attracted criticism from analysts who think the Bank should do more to support an economy that is barely growing and has an unemployment rate that is approaching 30%...
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