The South African Reserve Bank is set to hike interest rates over the coming months to shore up the currency and counter above-target inflation, but this will hit household spending. Based on a few assumptions, we think our forecast for a 125bp increase in the repo rate by the end of next year could translate into a slowdown in consumption growth to around 1% y/y.
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