Mauritius central bank leaves key repo rate at 3.5 pct

By Respect Gwenzi, Mar 01, 2018

The Mauritius central bank left its key repo rate unchanged at 3.5 percent on Wednesday, the monetary policy committee said. The bank also said it had cut its growth forecast for 2018 to 4 percent from 4.2 percent previously. -Reuters

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