Not only do the loans come at a favourable interest rate, they are accompanied by the kind of scrutiny that corrupt South Africans need...
Can policymakers avoid a global recession while bringing inflation down?...
Consensus is emerging that unemployment, inequality and poverty require all sectors of society to get stuck in to find solutions...
Financing for a just energy transition in SA takes a back seat to more pressing international issues...
Above-inflation wage drives are likely to cause a rise in unemployment at worst, and slow job growth at best...
SA has been a relatively good story in the emerging-market world since the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic began. ...
Interim solutions are made permanent without solving the underlying structural issues...
Carbon taxes will be levied and markets will be closed to those goods that have a high carbon content...
Experimenting with unproven monetary policy ideas could spell social turmoil and economic disaster...
The economy is in bad shape, but it would be even worse were it not for prudent policies that have increased its resilience...
Russian invasion of Ukraine gave a stagflation shock to the global economy...
SA’s neutrality on Russia-Ukraine war comes with economic risks...