By Zuko Komisa
The South African Reserve Bank increased interest rates by 75 basis points, bringing the repo rate back to pre-Covid-19 levels at 6.25% annually.
Three members voted in favour of the already announced 75 basis point rate increase, while two members favoured a rate increase of 100 basis points.
This rate increase of 75 basis points is the second one in a row.
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Lesetja Kganyago, the governor of the Reserve Bank, claims that the rate increase follows a general slowdown in the global economy and rising prices brought on by the conflict in Ukraine, as well as regional reasons like load shedding.
“While economic growth is slowing globally, inflation continues to surprise to the upside. Sustained policy accommodation, supply shortages and other restrictions have sharply increased the prices of many goods, services and commodities,”
“The level of the repurchase rate is now closer to the level prevailing before the start of the pandemic,” said Kganyago,
The MPC decided to increase the repurchase rate by 75 basis points to 6.25% per year, with effect from the 23rd of September 2022. #SARBMPCSEP22@KganyagoLesetja pic.twitter.com/lXC509151U
— SA Reserve Bank (@SAReserveBank) September 22, 2022
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