South African inflation rose in March to the ceiling of the Reserve Bank’s (SARB’s) target range, and the effects of a weak rand and rising local food prices mean it is likely to accelerate further over the next six months or so. This should be enough to prompt the SARB into further tightening, and an interest rate hike seems likely at its next MPC meeting in May.
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