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US inflation eases 'but you're still looking at successive rate hikes'
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Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago made the announcement on Thursday after a meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee.
The Reserve Bank has projected two increases of 25 basis points in the second and third quarter of this year.
This come after the bank's Monetary Policy Committee cut the repo rate by 275 basis points last year to try and counter the effects of negative growth due to COVID-19.
Prior to Thursday's announcement, the bank's Monetary Policy Committee had cut the repo rate by 275 basis points this year to try and counter the effects of negative growth due to COVID-19.
The South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago made the announcement on Thursday.
The Reserve Bank announced on Thursday that it had cut the repo rate by 50 basis points to 3.75% in order to promote growth.
South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said that inflation was stable and growth needed to be boosted.
SA Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said that inflation was under control for now but this could change and the bank has needed to act.
Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago announced a reduction in the repo rate of 100 basis points to 5.25%.
All but three of the 24 economists surveyed over the past three days said the repo rate would be kept unchanged at 6.5% on 16 January.
The repo rate is the rate at which the central bank lends money to commercial banks.
The repo rate is the rate at which the central bank lends money to commercial banks.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s forecasts released with the statement show another cut is possible by the end of the year which would take the OCR below 1%.