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Business Insight 14.1.2021 06:42 pm
Repo rate expected to stay the same, economic outlook revised for SA
According to a Reuters poll, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is expected to keep its repo rate at a record low 3.50%, while economists have revised its outlook for the South African economy due to the second wave of Covid-19 infections.
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is expected to keep its repo rate at a record low 3.50% at its meeting next Thursday, and the rest of 2021 according to a Reuters poll among 20 economists amid a raging coronavirus pandemic and benign inflation.
Business Insight Getting to know the online consumer – meet the ODOmeter
A surprising finding is that almost half (45%) of online shoppers have never returned a product bought online.
Business Insight Some SABC board members break ranks to oppose retrenchments
The public broadcaster’s deputy chairperson Mamodupi Mohlala-Mulaudzi has slammed the process, saying it has already had a ‘serious impact on staff morale’.
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Why Telkom is undervalued
The state’s plans for company have more sway over the group’s valuation.
Business Insight What the pension funds’ legal victory means
Pension funds have been legally challenging the prescriptive Regulation 35(4) addition to the Pension Funds Act (PFA) around actuarial surpluses and contingency reserve accounts for years.
Business Why living wages should be a priority during Covid-19
Low-paid, poor-quality, depleting work needs to be recognised for what it is: unsustainable, deeply damaging and costly for any society.
Business Insight A settlement with trade unions remains the best way forward for South Africa
The country is between a rock and a hard place.
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Environmental, social, and corporate governance – a fixed income game changer
There is however a need to be pragmatic in this area. It is possible, for instance, to make a sound case for investing in carbon-intensive companies.
Business Insight Misdiagnosing the cause of the country’s economic woes
One implication is that the government is spending money it does not have, worsening its indebtedness to the point of implosion.
Business Insight Watch live: Tito Mboweni delivers Medium-Term Budget
“The ability of government to digs in its heels to curb expenditure growth will determine how successful it is in stabilising the debt ratio in the next five to ten years.”
Business Insight Show us the money, Tito
“I am glad I am not him. Our economic situation is getting exceptionally bad and he has to say where the money will come from for the president’s plan.”
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MTBPS: Will Mboweni be able to close the mouth of the hippopotamus?
The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement is expected to be a stark and difficult statement of SA’s financial outlook.
Business Insight Positioning South Africa for a green recovery
Sustainable finance may not yet be as mainstream locally as it is globally, but it is gathering momentum.
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Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan: show us the money
Economists are positive over Ramaphosa’s plan to save the country’s economy, but question where the money will come from to reach his ambitious targets.
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Mboweni’s rocky road to economic reconstruction and recovery
“We already have too many plans, what we need is more implementation. More plans will not help and the president did refer in a recent speech to the need for implementation.” – Prof. Jannie Rossouw, interim head of the Wits Business School
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