SARB to announce repo rate decision

JOHANNESBURG - The South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee will sit for its first meeting of the new year on Thursday.

It's expected Reserve Bank will keep the repo rate unchanged.

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The current repo rate is 8.25 percent and the prime lending rate is 11.75 percent.

We are now at a 14-year high after a total rise of 475 basis points.