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South Africa's June credit growth quickens to 7.3 pct year/year

A worker sweeps in front of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), in this picture taken March 23, 2016. Picture taken March 23, 2016. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo. (Reuters)

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Growth in private sector credit demand in South Africa accelerated to 7.3 percent year-on-year in June from 6.6 percent in May, central bank data showed on Friday. Expansion in the broadly defined M3 measure of money supply was slower at 5.88 percent year-on-year in June, from a revised 6.41 percent in May. (Reporting by Stella Mapenzauswa; Editing by Ed Stoddard)