BoB holds interest rates steady again

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The Bank of Botswana (BoB) left the bank rate unchanged at 9.5 percent on Tuesday this week, saying the inflation outlook in the medium-term was favourable partly due to low growth in local demand.

The last adjustment to interest rates was in December 2010 when a cut of 0.5 percentage points was made.

"The current state of the economy and the inflation forecast suggest that maintaining the prevailing level of interest rates is consistent with the achievement of the bank's 3 - 6 percent inflation objective in the medium-term," BoB said in a statement.

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