[TOP STORY] Repo rate expected to ‘remain reasonably high’ into 2024

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‘I don't think that this is a unique sentiment for South Africans. I think that this is playing out in the global environment where central banks are most likely approaching the end of the interest rate hiking cycle, but maintaining quite a lot of caution,’ says Sanisha Packirisamy, economist at Momentum.
24 Nov 2023 7AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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