3. In 2003, the South African rand appreciated against the US dollar by over 25% in nominal terms, mainly due to strong commodity prices, higher interest rate differentials and weak economic data about the prospects of growth of the US economy. To try and support the export sector, the Reserve Bank of South Africa (RBSA) cut the key repo rate (short-term interest rate) by over 5 percentage points to 8.0% in 2003, while interest rates for South Africa's major trading partners namely United States of America and the Eurozone remained relatively unchanged at around 1% and 2%, respectively. Analyse critically the implications of the interest rate cut by the RBSA on the balance for payments for South Africa