While policymakers in other EMs are hiking rates, we think that African central banks will follow Kenya's recent example and continue to ease policy over the next 18 months. Fears surrounding the economic impact of South Africa's land reform process are overdone, but escalating rhetoric does pose a risk to the rand.
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