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The South African Reserve Bank's monetary policy committee kept the repo rate at 7% and cut its growth forecasts for 2017 and 2018. Governor Kganyago said inflation is within the 3-6% target but that the longer-term trajectory is uncomfortably close to the upper end.
Holding rates high keeps domestic financing costs elevated for feed mills and livestock producers, and rand uncertainty remains a key inflation risk.
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