SA monetary policy going its own way, naira to and fro

South Africa’s monetary policy stance is likely to remain accommodative for some time, going against market expectations and the projection model of the Reserve Bank. In Nigeria, officials continued to sow confusion this week about the country’s foreign exchange policy. What appears to be crystal clear is that a flexible, unified and fairly-valued naira is a long way off.

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