BoB keeps interest rates unchanged

In an effort to maintain its inflation objective of 4 to 7 percent, the Bank of Botswana (BoB) has decided not to adjust interest rates any further for the remainder of the year.

At a meeting on Monday, the BoB's Monetary Policy Committee decided to leave the Bank Rate unchanged at 14.5 percent.

The central bank last adjusted the rate was in June when it lowered it by half a percentage point.

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