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South Africa: weak rand to prevent interest rate cuts

The ongoing weakness of the South African rand means that, despite the sluggish pace of economic growth, there is little room for the Reserve Bank to loosen monetary policy. We have taken out our forecast for an interest rate cut early next year but, although it now seems likely that the next move in rates will be up, we don’t expect any tightening until 2015.

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