Moneyweb1h
Fed rate cut kick-off sparks rush to emerging market bond ETFs
An index of local-currency emerging market bonds is poised for its best third quarter since 2010. Read: Sarb announces 25bp ...
briefly7h
Food Prices Expected To Drop Following Rate Cut, South Africans Laugh: “Tell Us Another Joke”
Food prices are expected to take a dip after the South African Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago announced a lower repo ...
The Citizen7h
Repo rate cut too little too late for consumers on edge of financial ruin?
Although South Africans were relieved when the repo rate was cut by 25 basis points, it was not nearly enough to really help.
Medafrica Times3d
South Africa’s Rate Cut Tango: A Cautious First Step
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) nudged the main lending rate down to 8% from 8.25%. It is not exactly slashing rates ...
Economists Split on How Deep South Africa’s Easing Cycle Will Be
South Africa’s first interest-rate cut since 2020 quickly divided economists over how much further it will go after making a ...
SARB rate cut likely to spur agriculture expansion prospects, say economists
The recent interest rate cut will bring some relief to farmers’ borrowing costs, improve profitability and offer farmers an ...
SARB rate cut too little and too late for SA consumers
This marked the SARB’s first policy easing since the Covid-19 pandemic in mid-2020 as the annual inflation rate slowed to a ...
South African rand cools after strong gains in data-filled week
The South African rand softened in early trade on Friday, cooling off after strong gains in a week that saw interest rate ...
MNI3d
SOUTH AFRICA: SARB Cuts Rates By 25bp, Starting Its Easing Cycle
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) kicked off its easing cycle with an expected 25bp cut to the repo rate, refusing to mimic the Fed's 50bp cut from the day before. The decision came on the back of ...
EconoTimes4d
FxWirePro: USD/ZAR downside pressure builds, key support level in focus
USD/ZAR slipped lower on Thursday as South African rand firmed further against greenback after South Africas central bank cut ...
South Africa central bank joins easing club with 25 basis point rate cut
South Africa's central bank struck a measured tone after its first rate cut in more than four years on Thursday, saying ...
South Africa Is First Country to Lower Rates After Fed Cut
SARB cut its main benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 8%.