[TOP STORY] 'High interest rates are draining SA households and stifling economic growth'

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‘Anybody who thinks that our short-term interest rates are going to entice people to invest in fixed deposits in our banking system must be out of their mind’, reckons ‘Sunshine’ economist Roelof Botha.
16 Oct 2024 3AM English South Africa Business News · Business

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