Taylor Rule signals aggressive rate cuts

By Prieur du Plessis, on March 3rd, 2009 posted in: Investment, South Africa Leave your comment

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By Cees Bruggemans, FNB

Estimating where interest rates should be:

According to Taylor’s Rule, the Prime Interest Rate should currently be:

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With the prime interest rate still lingering at 14%, the SARB is currently only 2.5% behind what a rough Taylor estimate suggests should be the interest rate level TODAY.

Financial markets today are discounting even lower rates later on this year, which isn’t unrealistic according to Taylor if the actual CPI inflation rate drops below 6% and the other 2010 assumptions about inflation and the output gap continue to apply.

But it will be up to the SARB to make the final call on the risks facing us, especially externally on capital flows and the currency, and position accordingly.

At least nobody seems to be expecting interest rate pausing, never mind interest rate increases soon.

Source: Cees Bruggemans, FNB, March 2, 2009

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