Rand crisis brings prospect of higher inflation and rate hikes

The surprise removal of South Africa’s respected finance minister has caused investors to reassess their views of South Africa’s struggling economy. Talk of an emergency rate hike is probably overdone, but it does look like inflation and interest rates will rise faster than previously expected.

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