/ 18 July 2022

Reserve Bank may have helped South Africa avoid a more severe crunch

The Reserve Bank.
Economists widely expect the South African Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee to once again hold the interest rate at 8.25% when it concludes its meeting on Thursday.

This is according to some economists, who say the Reserve Bank got ahead of the curve before inflation became entrenched

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