South Africa’s economy contracted by 0.7% q/q in Q2 and this is likely to be followed by only modest growth in the coming quarters. The outturn might raise second thoughts at the Reserve Bank about tightening monetary policy with another aggressive 75bp interest rate hike later this month.
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