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

South Africa's annual inflation rate for 2024 dropped to 4.4 percent, the lowest level since 2020, the national statistics bureau announced Wednesday.

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

As with fiscal policy, the SARB’s policy easing has been comparable to that of other similar large emerging markets (see Chart 3). And consistent with the weaker recovery that eased inflation ...

South Africa's inflation rose to 3% in December 2024 from 2.9% in November The slower-than-anticipated increase strengthens expectations of a 25 basis-point interest rate cut The central bank has ...

The South Africa 40 Cash Index is now trading below the 200-day simple moving average (MA) (blue line), while the 20MA is now also trading below the 50MA. The lay of the moving averages suggests that ...

The USD/ZAR as of this writing is near the 19.17000 ratio with fast fluctuations being displayed. <li /> Traders are advised ...