South Africa Money and Credit Market Trends & Forecasts (Quarterly Report) – September 2018

The MPC unanimously decided to reduce the repurchase rate by 25 basis points to 6.5% per annum with effect from 19 July 2019. According to the MPC, The implied path of policy rates generated by the SARB’s Quarterly Projection Model was for one cut of 25 basis points to the repo rate by the end of fourth quarter of 2019. The endogenous interest rate path is built into the growth and inflation forecast. The implied path remains a broad policy guide which could change in either direction from meeting to meeting in response to new developments and changing risks.

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