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Interest Rate Hikes: A Blunt Instrument?

June 2008 | Economic Analysis

BMI View: The official interest rate in Botswana has been increased for the second time in a month. However, given that the country's inflation problem is exogenously-driven, it is debatable whether or not the monetary tightening is anything more than symbolic.

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