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Infections driven by the highly transmissible delta variant threatens to choke off lackluster economic recoveries.
By Prinesha Naidoo, Bloomberg
19 Jul 2021
06:48
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Central bankers in six sub-Saharan African countries are likely to leave borrowing costs unchanged over coming weeks as a resurgence of coronavirus infections driven by the highly transmissible delta variant threatens to choke off lackluster economic recoveries.
Since monetary policy committees in some of the regionâs key nations last met, temporary restrictions on movement were imposed in western Kenya in a bid to avoid a catastrophic fourth wave of infections. In South Africa, the reintroduction of strict lockdown measures and deadly riots have emerged as key risks to economic growth.