We think there is a much larger negative output gap in South Africa’s economy than is widely assumed, which will keep inflation around 3%, rather than rise towards 4.5% as the Reserve Bank (SARB) and the consensus expect. That should give policymakers room to cut the repo rate to around 5.75% next year (from 7.25% now), which is much lower than the profile implied by market pricing.
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