The South African Reserve Bank will keep the repo rate unchanged at 7% at its September 20

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The South African Reserve Bank will keep the repo rate unchanged at 7% at its September 2026 meeting.

“we still do think, despite the 4.3%, that they will keep rates constant at 7%.”

Tsiamo Masike · Power FM · POWER Business · 19 Aug 2026

The verdict· graded 28 Sept

At its September 2026 meeting, the South African Reserve Bank raised the repo rate to 7.25% from September 25.

The claim said the Bank would keep the repo rate unchanged at 7%. The verified passages say the September meeting produced a unanimous 25-basis-point increase to 7.25%, so the outcome was the opposite of the prediction.

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Wed 19 Aug, 18:52Power FMThis one
The South African Reserve Bank will keep the repo rate unchanged at 7% at its September 2026 meeting.
Tsiamo Masike
Incorrect
Thu 10 Sep, 17:46Power FM
The South African Reserve Bank will raise its policy interest rate at its September 2026 monetary policy announcement.
4 people called this · 3 yes, 1 no
Correct
Fri 18 Sep, 18:30702
The South African Reserve Bank will raise its policy interest rate by 25 basis points at its 23 September 2026 monetary policy announcement.
Matete Tolare
Correct

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