For 2023, the bank’s forecast for GDP growth is only 0.2%.
31 March 2023 - 08:57Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago, quite unexpectedly, announced a rate hike of 50 basis points on Thursday afternoon, on the back of rising inflation globally and continued load-shedding
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