[TOP STORY] Reserve Bank should ‘bite the bullet’ on rates

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Chris Harmse of Sequoia Capital unpacks December inflation at 3.6% and an average CPI of 3.2% for 2025, the lowest in more than a decade, and what it signals for next week’s interest-rate call.
22 Jan 1AM English South Africa Business News · Business

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