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Daniel F Meyer

Professor Daniel F Meyer is a development economist with the College of Business and Economics at the University of Johannesburg

South Africa’s prime lending rate stands at 11.75%. Photo: Dean Hutton/Bloomberg/Getty Images
INFLATION

Interest rates, inflation, growth: What are the alternatives to South Africa’s current monetary policy?

Maybe an inflation mid-point target of 4.5% is too low for a developing country such as South Africa to allow higher levels of growth so desperately needed

  • Daniel F Meyer
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