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By Kevin Lings The Reserve Bank decided today to leave the Repo rate unchanged at 11.0%. This was in line with market expectations. Only one or two analysts had expected a rate hike. In deciding to leave rates unchanged the MPC made the following key points: Economic conditions:
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