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Governor Says Monetary Policy "Has Just Become Restrictive"

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Governor Lesetja Kganyago is now taking questions from the audience, the first one is about the time South Africa will spend under "restrictive" monetary conditions, which will constrain economic activity.

  • Kganyago answers that "we have just become restrictive" and refuses to speculate on how long South Africa will remain in this territory, noting that policy is "state-dependent" not "time-dependent."
  • The Governor emphasises that "there wouldn't be relaxation of policy until inflation trajectory changes," based on the risk-adjusted assessment of data.
  • Kganyago says that the MPC wants to see the effects of restrictive policy and the "short-term pain" will bring benefits in the future.
  • The designation of the current policy stance as "restrictive" is a change from the March statement, when policy was described as "less accommodative."
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