South African Reserve Bank

CHAMWE KAIRA Simonis Storm Securities expects the Bank of Namibia to keep the repo rate unchanged or will hike it by 25 basis points at its next monetary committee meeting on 16 August. Last week, South African Reserve Bank decided to keep the repurchase rate at its current level of 8.25% per year. The Bank of Namibia on 14 June increased the repo rate by 50 basis points to 7.75 percent “Initially we had expected the South African Reserve Bank to hike by 25 basis points, but SARB has aligned their decision with the Fed, and was further supported by…