THE Monetary Policy Committee has decided against altering the repo rate, deciding to keep it unchanged at 3.5% per annum, said Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago.
The Reserve Bank (SARB) has now kept rates on hold in its last four meetings, resisting pressure to match rate hikes by fellow emerging market central banks.
The decision was in line with a Reuters poll last week, where all but one of the 25 economists polled expected unchanged rates.
Speaking during a virtual media briefing on Thursday, Kganyago said the decision was unanimous.
about:blank The governor said unless the risks outlined earlier materialise, inflation is expected to be well contained in 2021, before rising to around the midpoint of the inflation target range in 2022 and 2023.
“Against this backdrop, the MPC decided to keep rates unchanged at 3.5% per annum,” he said.
Kganyago said the implied policy rate path of the Quarterly
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