Wednesday, June 6, 2007

South African Government Bonds Little Changed Before Central Bank Meeting

(Bloomberg) -- South African government bonds were
little changed before the start of the central bank's policy
meeting, at which it may say one interest-rate increase will be
enough to bring inflation back within target.

The Pretoria-based South African Reserve Bank today starts
its two-day policy meeting and will probably lift its benchmark
lending rate 50 basis points tomorrow, according to economists in
a Bloomberg survey. Debt dropped by the most in almost a year
last week after a government report showed inflation breached the
bank's target in April.


Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News

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