South Africa's August credit growth slows to 6.15 pct year/year
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Growth in credit demand by South Africa's private sector slowed to 6.15 percent year-on-year in August from 6.78 percent in July, central bank data showed on Thursday. Expansion in the broadly defined M3 measure of money supply quickened to 5.48 percent year-on-year in August compared to 4.41 percent growth in July. (Reporting by Mfuneko Toyana; Editing by Joe Brock)