Mboweni says rates only way to temper consumer demand
Story date: 2007-10-05 09:15:00
Added on: 2007-10-05 11:40:34
Engineering News - Strong consumer spending has fuelled South African imports, causing the current account gap, the broadest measure of trade in goods and services, to widen to a 24-year high of 6.4 percent in the first quarter. Rising interest rates may temper growth ...
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