South African inflation breached the upper bound of the SARB’s target range in July, and the effects of a weak rand means it is likely to accelerate a little further in the coming months. This will continue to prevent the SARB from loosening policy to support a weak economy. Meanwhile, rising inflation in Ghana and Nigeria suggests that policymakers there are likely to keep policy relatively tight too.
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