LUKANYO MNYANDA: The novelty of inflation making its way into the great QE debate
26 July 2020 - 18:05
UPDATED 27 July 2020 - 08:02
Something odd happened at the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee’s press conference. A journalist asked the governor, Lesetja Kganyago, about the possibility of SA falling into deflation.
With inflation slowing to just 2.1% in May, well below the target range of 3%-6%, it was a reasonable question to ask. It just brought home how something that should be central to the unending debate about whether the Bank should conduct a full-blown quantitative easing (QE) programme barely features...
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