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| More rate-cut cheer The South African Reserve Bank's (Sarb's) monetary policy committee (MPC) has cut the key repo rate by 100 basis points, bringing it down to 9.5%, with the prime lending rate dropping to 13%. - 2009/03/24 |
| Interest rate cut may slow company failures COMPANY failures soared 70% last month compared to the same month last year, official data showed yesterday, backing the case for aggressive cuts in interest rates as the economy contracts. - 2009/03/24 |
| All eyes on Reserve Bank Market watchers will be keeping a watchful eye on the SA Reserve Bank on Thursday, which has been touted as the last possible day that an emergency rates meeting can be called by the central bank's monetary policy committee. - 2009/03/12 |
| D-day for early rate cut Thursday may be the last opportunity for an early interest-rate cut. - 2009/03/11 |
| Market expects big rate cut South Africa's money market is expecting 300 basis points worth of rate cuts in the current loosening cycle, which would take the repo rate to 9% and reach levels last seen in December 2006. The first cut of 50 basis points came in December last year, with the repo at 12% prior to that decision. - 2009/01/12 |