{
  "id": 466728,
  "title": "Why bankers want base lending rate maintained at 8.75pc",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/why-bankers-want-base-lending-rate-maintained-at-8-75pc",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-10T11:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Capital Business",
    "slug": "capital-business",
    "url": "https://capitalfm.africa/why-bankers-want-base-lending-rate-maintained-at-8-75pc/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "KBA said overall inflation remains within the target range, while domestic economic growth remains resilient, reducing the need to either lower or raise the Central Bank Rate.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}