SARB cautiously cuts by 25bp

The South African Reserve Bank finally joined the EM easing cycle today, lowering its repo rate by 25bp to 8.00%. While the MPC clearly has some lingering concerns about the inflation outlook, we think sluggish growth and at-target inflation will provide scope for the repo rate likely to be lowered to 6.25% by the end of next year.

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