The South African Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee will not raise its policy interes

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The South African Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee will not raise its policy interest rate at its 23 September 2026 monetary policy announcement.

“Committee on Wednesday not to raise interest rates.”

A guest · Power FM · POWER Business · 21 Sept 2026

The verdict· graded 23 Sept

On 2026-09-23, the South African Reserve Bank announced a 25 basis-point hike, taking the repo rate to 7.25%.

The claim says the MPC would not raise its policy interest rate at the 23 September 2026 announcement, but the dated report says it announced a 25 basis-point hike on that date. That directly contradicts the prediction.

5 sources

Reader poll: 0% said yes · 1 vote

Who called it

4 predictions from 3 stations · 1 yes, 3 no

Thu 10 Sep, 17:46Power FM
The host
The South African Reserve Bank will raise its policy interest rate at its September 2026 monetary policy announcement.
No
Mon 21 Sep, 18:30702
Meryl Peck
The South African Reserve Bank will raise its policy interest rate at the 23 September 2026 monetary policy announcement.
No
Mon 21 Sep, 18:55Power FMThis one
A guest
The South African Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee will not raise its policy interest rate at its 23 September 2026 monetary policy announcement.
Yes
Wed 23 Sep, 12:48SAfm
Davy Ruitt
The South African Reserve Bank will raise its policy interest rate at its 23 September 2026 monetary policy announcement.
No

The event so far

6 predictions from 3 stations

Wed 19 Aug, 18:52Power FM
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 FMThis one
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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