At the meeting held on August 20, 2020, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Botswana decided to maintain the Bank Rate at 4.25 percent. Inflation was constant at 0.9 percent between June and July 2020 and remained below the lower bound of the Bank’s objective range of 3 – 6 percent. However, inflation is forecast to revert to within the objective range in the third quarter of 2021.