Policy, Law, Economics and Politics - Deepening Democracy through Access to Information
This privately-owned website is operated and maintained by Creamer Media
We have detected that the browser you are using is no longer supported. As a result, some content may not display correctly.
We suggest that you upgrade to the latest version of any of the following browsers:
         
close notification
23 May 2013
                       
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
29 Mar 2012
 
 
SARB leaves repo rate unchanged
REPO RATE
The SA Reserve Bank has left the repo rate unchanged at 5.5 percent, governor Gill Marcus said on Thursday. The prime rate would stay at nine percent.
 
 
19 Jan 2012
 
SARB leaves repo rate unchanged
REPO RATE
The SA Reserve Bank has left the repo rate unchanged at 5.5 percent, governor Gill Marcus said on Thursday. The prime rate would stay at nine percent.
 
 
01 Apr 2009
 
Global recession, govt policy risks to SA’s rating
SA ECONOMY
The two main risks to South Africa's rating outlook are the global recession and uncertainty about government policy after the elections, Fitch ratings said on Wednesday. "A material change of...
 
 
22 Jan 2009
 
Rate cuts won't lift Rand
SA CURRENCY
Rate cuts will not lift the rand, RMB's currency strategist John Cairns said on Thursday. "Economic theory is clear - higher rates help the local currency and historical evidence is very supportive...
 
 
10 Dec 2008
 
Hopes up for Christmas rate cut
News
Unions and analysts are hoping for an interest rate cut of between half and one and a half percentage points when the SA Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee meets on Thursday. "We call on the...
 
 
09 Oct 2008
 
Rates unchanged: Reserve bank
SOUTH AFRICA
The SA Reserve Bank has opted not to change the repo rate at which it lends money to commercial banks. Bank governor Tito Mboweni made the announcement in Pretoria on Thursday after a two-day...
 
 
18 Jun 2004
 
Mboweni: BMF Corporate Update Gala Dinner (18/6/2004)
2004
SPEECH BY MR TT MBOWENI, GOVERNOR OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK, AT THE BMF CORPORATE UPDATE GALA DINNER, Gallagher Estate
 
 
11 Sep 2003
 
Interest rate cut is welcomed
News
A one percentage point interest rate cut was widely welcomed yesterday as a boost for the economy, with some thought spared for pensioners and others who would be negatively affected.
 
 
24 Apr 2003
 
Inflation target could be hit by Q3 - Reserve Bank
News
Consumer price inflation excluding mortgage rates (CPIX) will slip into the Bank's three to six percent target range in the last quarter of 2003, a senior Reserve Bank economist said on Wednesday.
 
 
28 Mar 2003
 
Inflation-targeting escape clause a mistake - Mboweni
News
Including an escape clause in South Africa's inflation targeting framework was a mistake, Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni said on Friday.
 
 
 
                       
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




 
 
 
 
 
 
Online Publishers Association