DStv Channel 403 Sunday, 08 December 2024

Reserve Bank cuts interest rates by 25 basis points

PRETORIA - Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago has announced a 25 basis point rate cut.

The repo rate now falls from 8% to 7.75%.

This means the prime lending rate will drop from 11.5% to 11.25%.

Kganyago said the decision to only cut the interest rate by a modest quarter percentage point was unanimous.

Economists give an analysis of the announcement by Kganyago that there will be another 25 basis points cut giving more relief to cash-strapped South Africans.

eNCA Business anchor Melissa Tighy, Investec chief economist Anabel Bishop and Stanlib chief economist Kevin Lings discussed this further.

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