Botswana central bank warns of rising inflation
Bank says factors diving inflation are transitory so it will keep monetary policy accommodative
25 February 2021 - 18:12
Gaborone — Botswana's central bank expects inflation to rise above 3% in the second quarter for mainly transitory reasons, and will keep monetary policy accommodative, it said on Thursday.
Annual inflation — running at 2.3% in January — was last within the bank's 3%-6% target range in September 2019...
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