Reserve Bank set to stay put on rates, finds survey
Jobs woes and benign inflation outlook will stay the central bank’s hand, according to a majority of economists surveyed
13 September 2021 - 14:00
UPDATED 13 September 2021 - 17:26
The SA Reserve Bank is likely to keep interest rates on hold at next week’s meeting of its monetary policy committee (MPC), given record unemployment levels amid a still-nascent economic recovery and benign inflation outlook.
This is the dominant view of 29 local economists recorded in a survey released on Monday — as markets look ahead to next week’s rates announcement...
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