In a climate of significant external pressure and internal economic fragility, the Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC) decision to hold the repo rate steady is a commendable and necessary act of stability.

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According to Yael Geffen, CEO of Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty, the decision by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to raise the repo rate by 25 basis points to 4% is not unexpected.

Yael Geffen, CEO of Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty, welcomed the government backtracking in this budget speech on its earlier decision to increase personal income tax, as well as providing a further R2.2 billion in tax relief through raising personal income tax brackets and rebates by 5%.

Although the pandemic hasn’t yet abated as we had all hoped and 2021 looks to be more of the same, interestingly, instead of increased pessimism, a December survey of global executives by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) found that even in the short-term optimism is growing with the highest levels of optimism now being detected since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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