# Rate-cut bets mount after cooler CPI ‘game changer’ - Moneyweb

> Consumer price inflation eased to an annual 3.3% in August from 3.5% in July, well below most economists' expectations. Traders raised the odds of a 25-basis-point rate cut at the South African Reserve Bank's next meeting to about 60%. The rand weakened as much as 0.4% and 2035 bond yields fell to their lowest in over seven years.

- Date: 2025-09-17 · published 2025-09-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23179-rate-cut-bets-mount-after-cooler-cpi-game-changer-moneyweb
- Commodities: [South African Rand (ZAR per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDZAR.md)

## Why it matters

Lower inflation and likely rate cuts can weaken the rand and raise the rand cost of imported feed inputs. Easier domestic policy also affects borrowing costs for South African livestock and feed producers.

## Read by commodity

- USDZAR: bullish ▲

## Sources

- moneyweb.co.za: https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/economy/inflation-unexpectedly-slows-to-three-month-low/

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