The South African Reserve Bank resisted responding to last month’s fall in inflation with an interest rate cut, leaving the repo rate unchanged at 8.25% today. The MPC’s message was little changed, declaring that risks to the inflation outlook remain tilted to the upside and emphasising the threat from high inflation expectations. The SARB looks set to be the last of major EM central banks to begin an easing cycle.
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