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Next SARB Governor faces an uphill task

Speculation is mounting that one of the current Deputy Governors will take over from Gill Marcus as Governor of the South African Reserve Bank. But the bigger picture is that, whoever is appointed, South Africa’s inflation problem and large current account deficit mean that interest rates will need to rise, in spite of weak economic growth.

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