PRETORIA, March 30(Reuters) - South Africa's central
bank raised its main lending rate by 50 basis
points to 7.75% in a decision announced on Thursday.
The rate increase was larger than the 25 basis point
increase expected by the majority of economists polled by
Reuters.
(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya, Kopano Gumbi, Anait Miridzhanian
and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo; Editing by James Macharia Chege)
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