[TOP STORY] ‘Our real interest rate is 8.3% – the highest in the world’

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In light of the Altron FinTech Household Resilience Index, Dr Roelof Botha deplores the MPC’s rate-cut decisions and manufacturing capacity utilisation, but says there is ‘definitely life in the economy’.
30 Jan 2025 2AM English South Africa Business News · Business

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