If I had to choose one job I wouldn’t want to do this week, governor of the Reserve Bank would be on top of the list. It doesn’t look as difficult as it is.

Based on events in the last couple of weeks, it seems obvious enough that Lesetja Kganyago and his colleagues on the monetary policy committee should cut interest rates on Thursday. The question, it seems, should merely be by how much...

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