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Lending rates playing catch up

Data released this week reinforce our view that domestic demand is softening in response to higher interest rates. And with the rise in lending rates still having further to run to fully reflect the hikes to the repo rate, it is likely that household consumption, and investment, will weaken a bit further.

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