South Africa bids to cool economy with 50bp rise

The South African Reserve Bank looked to dampen rampant inflation by hiking rates by half a percentage point for the third time since July.

The rise ratchets lending costs to 11%.

Tito Mboweni, the governor of the Reserve Bank, said inflation was set to worsen from previous central bank forecasts, but would fall below the 6% upper limit of the central bank's target range late next year.

"Food and energy prices have maintained pressure on inflation and these pressures are expected to persist in

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