-Apr 7, 2020Lockdown: SARB Foresees 370 000 Initial Job Losses, 1 600 Business InsolvenciesEarly projections by the SARB are that the 21-day lockdown could see 370 000 job losses and 1 600 business insolvencies.
-Mar 30, 2020Mboweni’s ‘Hallelujah’ Moment as Ramaphosa Green-lights Structural Reform Mboweni had a ‘Hallelujah’ moment when President Ramaphosa told him that the Moody’s downgrade was the trigger to pursue structural reforms.
-Mar 26, 2020South Africa’s Economic Firepower: Now vs 2008 Crisis in ChartsSA emerged from the 2008 global financial crisis in strong position. The opposite is likely after the coronavirus pandemic.
-Mar 23, 2020How Far the JSE’s Biggest Companies Have FallenMore than 30% down for 23 of the 40 largest so far this year...
-Mar 19, 2020Steep Cut in Interest Rates AnnouncedThe SA Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee cut the repo rate by one percentage point from 6.25% to 5.25% on 19 March.
-Mar 3, 2020SA Slips into Technical Recession after 1.4% GDP Contraction in 4th QuarterSouth Africa’s GDP has expectedly contracted by 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2019, pushing the country into a technical recession.
-Jan 8, 2020SA’s Problem of a Narrow Tax Base and High TaxesAnalysis of collections by Sars shows why things are not working in SA.
