The Bank began the asset purchase programme to ease dislocations in the market and ensure price discovery
A change in the 'scale and purpose' of the SA Reserve Bank's government bond-buying programme is needed, says former Treasury official Owen Willcox
The WTO says e-commerce could help overcome damaged supply chains by using a wider range of international buyers and alternative suppliers
Host Mudiwa Gavaza speaks to Chris Holdsworth, chief investment strategist at Investec Wealth & Investment SA
Rabobank’s Carlo Mera talks to Business Day TV about the soft commodities markets
Oanda’s Ed Moya talks to Business Day TV about the price of oil
The Black Business Council has met the Treasury to discuss ways to extend the scheme to small businesses
Business Day TV’s Michael Avery speaks to experts in the field about cannabis and its potential to contribute to SA’s economy
The latest IHS Markit SA purchasing managers’ index hit new lows in May, despite SA’s move to level 4 lockdown restrictions
Earlier, the ANC’s Enoch Godongwana suggested the Bank help fund development and infrastructure through the creation of a R500bn fund
The focus must be on solutions because the ANC leadership will soon be overwhelmed by surging deaths and bankruptcies
African Bank CEO Basani Maluleke talks to Business Day TV about how the bank is meeting the needs of embattled consumers
Absa economist Miyelani Maluleke talks to Business Day TV about the PMI data
The goverment’s guaranteed loan scheme is meant to enable commercial banks to lend out as much as R200bn to businesses facing liquidity problems due to Covid-19
Business Unity SA was responding to the ANC’s economic strategy that wants an expanded role for the Reserve Bank to mobilise funds
Business Day TV's Michael Avery talks to a panel about how the government can minimise the lockdown's impact on the dire unemployment situation
The abundant resource of multitrillions of dollars is waiting to invest in viable projects
Factoring in the Covid-19 shocks, the IMF projects that the gross government debt-to-GDP ratio will reach 85.6% of GDP by the end of 2021
Ford Southern Africa and Nissan SA — the last vehicle manufacturers to reopen — will adopt a cautious, ‘staggered’ approach
But important subcomponents of the Absa purchasing managers index remained in depressed territory, suggesting subdued activity
