Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago has again addressed calls for the central bank to broaden its mandate to include policies that could help bring down the country's stubbornly high unemployment.
JOHANNESBURG - Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago has again addressed calls for the central bank to broaden its mandate to include policies that could help bring down the country's stubbornly high unemployment.
Kganyago delivered the South African Reserve Bank and Prudential Authority’s annual results to the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Finance on Thursday, where he told MPs the calls were misplaced.
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