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South Africa Consumer Prices (Oct.)

South Africa’s headline inflation rate stayed at 5.0% y/y in October, with underlying price pressures remaining soft. That, combined with the fragile economic recovery, supports our view that the Reserve Bank will probably opt to keep rates on hold on Thursday and only normalise monetary policy gradually.

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