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Further Reserve Bank repo rate cut unlikely this year

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The central bank estimates that gross domestic product (GDP) to contract by 8.2% in 2020
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The repo rate remains unchanged at 3.5%

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Three members of the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee(MPC) have decided to keep rates unchanged at 3.5%
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Covid wave brings second quarter slide

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The gross domestic product numbers are likely to be gloomy, but the economy is not at ground zero
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South Africa gets $4.3bn IMF loan. In return, the country must reform

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The loan, which is repayable over five years at an interest rate of 1.1%, comes with various self-imposed conditions such cutting the public wage bill and rationalising support to the state-owned entities
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Repo rate falls to 3.5% — its lowest since 1998

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Repo rate drops to 3.5% as Reserve Bank predicts a 7.3% contraction in South Africa’s GDP
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Reserve Bank cuts repo rate by 50 basis points

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The Monetary Policy Committee has cut the repurchase rate by a further 50 basis points, after a two consecutive cuts of 100 basis points earlier this year
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Government should offer debt guarantees

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A research institution says the government should guarantee small businesses’ debt in order to keep the sector that employs millions of South Africans afloat amid Covid-19
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No money to spare as GDP set to fall

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With little money to respond to Covid-19, the government is looking at other sources of funding
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GDP to contract 6.1% — Reserve Bank

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The central bank warns of the harmful effect of Covid-19 on the economy, while the treasury details more plans to ease the pain
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Repo rate cut by 100 basis points

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This takes the rate to 5.25% per annum, from 6.25%
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Central banks are waking up to climate change dangers. It’s about time

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To deal with climate change, central banks may have to encourage financial institutions to favour certain types of activities over others
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Editorial: The magic amount: R500 000

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One of the most pressing political crises started with our multibillionaire president being questioned in Parliament about R500 000
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Editorial: Bank woes – but not in SA

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'We have our own problems in South Africa — not least a fashionable debate over the role and independence of the Reserve Bank'
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Kganyago gets another five years

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His reappointment as head of the Reserve Bank has been greeted as a positive move for stability
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Kganyago describes expansion of central bank mandate as ‘noise’

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The Reserve Bank governor says the mandate of the bank is constitutionally enshrined
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