Explore how the prime rate influences consumer loans like mortgages, versus the repo rate's role in managing the money supply ...

The Reserve Bank lends money to banks at the ‘repo rate’, the banks add 3.5% to create the ‘prime rate’ – which we hear when ...

South Africa is widely expected to see interest rate cuts in the near future, with South Africa benefiting from developments ...

South African banking customers have been paying a prime rate of the repo rate plus 3.5% since 2001. Is it time for a change?

A home loan EMI comprises of two parts – principal and interest. The principal amount of an EMI remains constant, but the interest is variable. Ever wonder why a change in the external benchmark say ...

Following the RBI's repo rate cut, eight major banks have reduced interest rates, but it's not guaranteed that every loan's EMI will decrease immediately. When you will get relief in your EMI depends ...

The Federal Reserve now plans to buy T-bills more actively as a means of adjusting reserves. This makes sense and aligns with our thinking. Fed officials will allow the MBS roll-off to continue, ...

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The brokerage expects monetary conditions to remain supportive of growth, with liquidity improving alongside policy easing, ...

The paper shows that banks with greater exposure to carbon-intensive borrowers already pay higher costs for short-term ...