South Africa’s weaker-than-expected headline inflation reading of 3.4% y/y for September should do more than enough to sway the Reserve Bank to restart its monetary easing cycle next month, with the repo rate eventually being lowered to 5.75% by the end of next year. Our forecast is a lot lower than the consensus and market pricing.
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