Markets bet on a hike, some economists are seeing a hold next month

South Africa’s banks say PayShap is growing rapidly, but the SARB says adoption remains too slow, and may mandate wider acceptance

Predictions for further rate hikes are all over the show after the Reserve Bank’s surprise pause

Consumer inflation hit a two-year high of 5% in June, firming bets on a SARB rate hike at Thursday’s MPC meeting

South Africa’s generous real yields are becoming harder to ignore as global markets reprice

Oil-shock inflation expectations have jumped even as fuel prices ease, putting the SARB’s July rate call on a knife edge

Lower oil prices have eased inflation risks and boosted bonds, but uncertainty over expectations and US rates keeps a July hike in play

May’s 4.5% inflation print keeps a July rate hike possible, but easing oil prices and an Iran deal may give the SARB room to pause

It’s time to bid Jibar goodbye and welcome Zaronia: the main new rate for South African loans, bonds and derivatives

Joburg’s tariff increases gravely undermine the Bank’s efforts to rein in inflation, and compound the misery of higher interest rates

The SARB hiked 25bps to 7% but debated 50 – and its revised inflation and oil assumptions mean a July increase is already on the table

Higher oil prices, rising inflation and the rand: South Africans need to brace for a 25-basis-point rate hike

Mark your calendar: here is the political and economic news to watch out for this week

South African inflation hit a 20-month high of 4% in April. The fuel surge from the Iran war has shifted the rates conversation to possible hikes

Rates hikes are on hold, and unless there’s a speedy resolution in Iran, consumers are looking at the prospect of sharply higher debt costs

Local analysts and fund managers share how to navigate markets after the Middle East war drove the JSE 5.5% lower

The SARB will have to explain – plainly – why moving a reference rate does not automatically move the price of risk

The prime interest rate is a benchmark for pricing loans. Changing the benchmark will not alter the economics of lending

The SARB governor is among a group of 13 central bank chiefs who have come out in support of Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell

South Africans can look forward to another year of rates relief – albeit at a stop-start pace