Global debt crisis looming? Significant fallout if it’s not contained
The government should realise that the days of debt-financed spending sprees and extravagance are over, particularly in the run-up to next year’s election.
The government should realise that the days of debt-financed spending sprees and extravagance are over, particularly in the run-up to next year’s election.
South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago unpacks the risks to inflation and the country’s ability to surmount them.
The upside risks to industrial commodity prices are gathering momentum.
A 200 basis point cut in the repo rate will lead to the rand plunging by between 12% and 15%, putting upward pressure on inflation through more expensive imports.
As higher winter rainfall gives way to a hotter and drier summer, a leading asset manager predicts that El Niño could lead to higher food prices and interest rates, and the potential for social unrest in emerging markets.
An analysis of whether the trading strategy of selling in May and buying back later in the year succeeds.
Domestic interest rates are one of the most important drivers of foreign capital flows into the country.
The fallout could be very uncomfortable for equity investors and savers.
An increase of R39 billion in the value of household debt and a decrease of R1.19 trillion in the value of household assets saw South Africans’ wealth (expressed in current prices) decrease by […]
Inflation worldwide is on the rise, driven by fuel price hikes, the energy crisis and rising food prices. Locally, inflation is at its highest level in five years. The sharp rise in inflation […]
“With renewed lockdown measures, the return of load shedding, mounting debt and shattered confidence, the outlook for 2021, with a few exceptions, is bleak,” according to Ed Stoddard of Business Maverick. He recently […]