Indebted South Africans may breathe a sigh of relief if the South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee decides not to hike interest rates on Thursday.
South African inflation having risen to 4.5% in April and not to 4.7% as expected has actually taken the heat off the Reserve Bank to raise interest rates at its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Thursday, according to global foreign exchange house Citi.
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