Reserve Bank appoints seventh monetary policy committee member

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South Africa’s central bank has appointed economist Franz Ruch as an adviser to the governors and seventh member of its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), it said on Thursday. Ruch joins from the World Bank, where he served as a senior economist and contributed to research and publications…

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