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CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE PREVIOUS PAGE   SECTION B The damage to South Africa’s economy of unduly high interest rates   It is acknowledged that a range of other obstacles to higher growth also exist in the South African economy. These are well documented and include the decay of infrastructure, the state capture of key public sector agencies under the previous head of state, high crime levels, widespread corruption and the dysfunctional state of many municipalities. When the excessive...

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE PREVIOUS PAGE   SECTION D Calculation of GDP impact via a lower household debt cost ratio   In addition to quantifying the negative effect of the high interest rates experienced since 2023 by means of econometric modelling, a second method was utilised to determine the difference between South Africa’s actual GDP and what it could have been if monetary policy had been less restrictive. At the outset, it should be borne in mind that demand inflation was vitually absent...