South Africa's headline consumer inflation rose to 3.0% year on year in December from 2.9% in November , data from the ...

South Africa's consumer price inflation accelerated for a second straight month in December and retail sales growth improved again in ...

With inflation inching up to 3% last December, financiers are anticipating a 25-basis point interest rate cut this Thursday.

South Africa's statistics agency has updated its consumer inflation basket for the first time since 2022, including items ...

In South Africa, the interest rates decisions are taken by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The official interest rate is the repo rate. This is the rate at ...

I think it will pay to be positive over the long term and the old cliché of diversifying [has proven to be] really important: ...

Inflation looks set to stay below the South African Reserve Bank’s target for 2025, which should prove good news for interest rate cuts in South Africa. CPI inflation in South Africa most ...

“Lower-than-anticipated inflation gives the South African Reserve Bank room to cut rates by 50 basis points to 7.25% by March, close to the neutral rate. It will then pause,” said Bloomberg ...

A policymaker at South Africa’s central bank downplayed the potential impact of the rand’s recent weakness on inflation, in remarks ahead of its rate-setting meeting later this month.

South Africa's rand firmed early on Tuesday, 14 January 2025 against a stronger dollar, as markets looked to US inflation data due on Wednesday for clues on the Federal Reserve's interest rate path.