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The identified risks worrying the MPC itself are cost inflation factors and by not lowering the repo rate with magnitudes of 0. 5% it will do the consumer even more harm, says the author.
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This coming week all eyes will be on the release of the US non-farm payrolls for September.
This led to bullish trading on global equity markets.
The release of the US consumer price index inflation rate for August last Wednesday was as expected and enforced market sentiment that the Federal Open Market Commission will increase its bank rate at its news conference on Wednesday.
Many investors are nervous that the decision by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) on interest rates is too late and is behind the cycle. It is feared that even if the US lowers rates over two weeks, it will have a limited effect on its economy that moves towards lower growth and higher unemployment.
On the JSE, the all share index ended the week flat.
Markets were strongly supported by the news that the South African inflation rate came down to 4. 6% in July, the lowest since July 2021.
After sentiment turned negative the previous Friday on worse-than-expected US unemployment data, the announcement of the retail numbers for July last Wednesday wiped out all fears of a recession in the US.
Although analysts saw the big sell-off of equities last Monday as only a healthy correction, investors remained nervous.
The continuous fear of worse-than-expected earnings from the top companies in the US and the news of the sudden sharp increase in the US unemployment rate led to a big sell-off in equities on Wall Street and washed over to countries across the world.
