South Africa keen to utilise new ECB repo lines, central bank governor says
#SARB #European Central Bank #Repo lines #Lesetja Kganyago #Liquidity #South Africa #EUREP #Monetary stability
📌 Key Takeaways
- South Africa intends to utilize the European Central Bank’s EUREP repo lines to bolster financial stability.
- The facility allows the SARB to access euro liquidity using collateral instead of depleting foreign reserves.
- Governor Lesetja Kganyago highlighted the move as a precautionary measure against global market volatility.
- The agreement strengthens the financial safety net for the South African rand amidst shifting global interest rates.
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Economic SatiristSouth Africa tapping into ECB's repo lines. Guess they're trading rand for euros and a side of European bureaucracy. #FinancialResilience #EuroLiquidity
Global Finance GuruSARB: 'We're not panicking, we're just pre-gaming the next market meltdown with some Euro liquidity.' #ECBRepo #MarketVolatility
Currency WatcherSouth Africa's rand: 'I'm stable, no really, just ask the ECB.' #EuroLiquidity #SARB
Geopolitical JesterECB repo lines: The new financial safety net for emerging markets. Because nothing says 'trust us' like borrowing euros. #FinancialStability #ECB
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Supranational central bank in Europe
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Lesetja Kganyago
South African banker (born 1965)
Lesetja Kganyago (born 7 October 1965) is a South African economist and central banker. He is the Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). He assumed the Governorship of the South African Reserve Bank on 9 November 2014, following the expiry of the term of his predecessor, Gill Marcus, on...
South African Reserve Bank
Central Bank of South Africa
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is the central bank of South Africa. It was established in 1921 after Parliament passed an act, the "Currency and Bank Act of 10 August 1920", as a direct result of the abnormal monetary and financial conditions which World War I had brought. The SARB was only t...
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try{ var _=i o; . if(!_||_&&typeof _==="object"&&_.expiry As Claude disrupts stock market, Anthropic researcher warns ’world is in peril’ Gold, silver prices rise amid U.S.-Iran tensions, blowout January payrolls data Dow halts three-day win streak as blowout jobs data curbs rate cut bets Citi pushes back Fed rate cuts to May after blowout January jobs report (South Africa Philippines Nigeria) South Africa keen to utilise new ECB repo lines, central bank governor says Economy Published 02/07/2026, 04:04 PM Updated 02/07/2026, 04:06 PM South Africa keen to utilise new ECB repo lines, central bank governor says 0 South African Rand Euro -0.12% South African Rand US Dollar -0.04% By Marc Jones COVENTRY, England, Feb 7 - South Africa would be keen to utilise new European Central Bank repo lines if available, the country’s central bank head Lesetja Kganyago said on Saturday, adding that his country’s interest-rate-cutting cycle still had some way to go. ECB President Christine Lagarde said this week the bank was planning to make its repo liquidity lines cheaper and easier to access in an effort to boost the euro’s international role. The repo lines allow foreign central banks to borrow euros against collateral denominated in the single currency and are designed for times of crisis. South Africa’s veteran central bank head Kganyago said his country would benefit from the lines, given the vast amount of trade and investment that comes from Europe. "To the extent that you’d have a repo line with the ECB, that would help to underpin that trade," Kganyago said in an interview on the sidelines of the Warwick Economics Summit in Coventry, England. "It would be a welcome development." CENTRAL BANK WATCHING FOR SLOWING INFLATION On South Africa’s own interest rates, he said last month’s decision to keep them at 6.75% meant they were "still distant from the terminal rate." Policymakers want to see inflation slow further before it starts moving again, but their current projection i...