Despite the slight improvement in the manufacturing sector, the batch of activity figures for July suggests that South Africa’s economic recovery in Q2 faded at the start of Q3. This adds to reasons to think that the Reserve Bank will cut its key policy rate from 6.50% to 6.25% next week.
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