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Reserve Bank expected to cut rates soon
A median forecast from 24 economists, polled this week, suggests the economy will grow 0.6% this year, slower than last year’s 0.8% and weaker than the 1.1% predicted in a May poll.
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ANC top 6 open up on Reserve Bank spat
The party said while it was its "desire for the South African Reserve Bank to be publicly owned", it recognised this was not prudent given the current economic and fiscal situation.
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SA Reserve Bank still sees 2019 growth at 1.7%
Governor Lesetja Kganyago said rising fuel and electricity prices posed a domestic risk to the inflation outlook.
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Reserve Bank applies for VBS Mutual Bank to be liquidated
The Reserve Bank's Prudential Authority says that the final winding-up of VBS is in the best interests of all parties.
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KPMG says to cooperate with probes following VBS Bank looting report
A former partner at the firm Sipho Malaba scored R33 million from the R1 billion that was syphoned off.
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Economists expect interest rate to remain unchanged
Consumers are already facing a substantial rise in the cost of living with rising fuel prices and increased VAT and bondholders are worried about further financial pressure.
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VBS fined for failing to comply with financial laws
The details are contained in the SA Reserve Bank's 2017 Bank Supervision Department annual report which was released on Tuesday.
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Motorists can expect some relief at the fuel pumps next month - Kganyago
Governor Lesetja Kganyago says oil price expectations have been adjusted upwards.
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Sarb criticises ANC's plans to nationalise it
At the party’s policy conference earlier this year, ANC resolved that the central bank should be nationalised and have greater interaction with the finance minister.
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Mkhwebane’s fitness to run office under spotlight again
Not only do the applicants want Mkhwebane to personally pay the costs of this application they want the court to declare that she has abused her office.
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[ALERT] SARB keeps interest rates on hold
This means the prime lending rate, which is the interest charged by banks to clients, will stay fixed at 10.5%.
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Economists warn that inflation drop unlikely to continue
This is the first time in eight months the rate is back within the South African Reserve Bank’s target range of between 3 and 6%.
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Sarb concerned further downgrades could shake up financial stability
Sarb is warning that further downgrades could further have a significant impact on the cost of funding and investment flows.
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Calls for SA banks to up cybersecurity
This comes after Standard Bank was affected by a credit card fraud scam involving SA banks in Japan.
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SA's central bank probe blames Abil's collapse on former management
The bank launched the investigation after the collapse to determine if the lender engaged in reckless conduct.
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SA's central bank worried by weaker bonds, ratings decisions
Weakening of bonds and pending ratings decisions could badly affect investor sentiment.
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'SA's strong democracy resonating with investors'
Lesetja Kganyago told CNBC Africa in an interview on Thursday that this was a sign of investor confidence.
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More bad news for consumers as Reserve Bank set to raise interest rates
The Reserve Bank says it's set to continue raising interest rates in order to keep inflation in check.
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Economists 'expected' repo rate increase
Nedbank's Mohammed Nalla says while the consumer is likely to feel the pinch the hike was expected.
