Pretoria: The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is set to look past a smaller-than-expected rise in prices last month and keep borrowing costs unchanged while it assesses the impact that US President Donald Trump’s trade policies will have on inflation.
Most economists polled by Bloomberg were expecting governor Lesetja Kganyago holding the benchmark interest rate at 7.5%, after three consecutive quarter-point cuts, when he delivers the monetary policy committee’s decision at a briefing north of Johannesburg this week.
