ECONOMIC WEEK AHEAD: Focus on economic recovery as SA moves to level 1

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The Reserve Bank is expected to release composite leading business cycle indicator for July and Stats SA will unveil tourism data

PODCAST | Economic news of the week: SA needs to rethink its place and relevance in the global economy

As the country prepares to enter level 1 of the national lockdown, we talk to Martyn Davies of  Deloitte

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WATCH: What does venture capital mean in SA?

Michael Avery talks to a panel about how SA needs to see more venture capital money backing more start-ups

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WATCH: Should the Bank have kept rates on hold?

Stanlib chief economist Kevin Lings talks to Business Day TV about Thursday’s rates decision

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Reserve Bank signals that easing cycle is done

Before this week’s meeting, the Bank has slashed the repo rate five times to the lowest in about 47 years

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WATCH: What drives global consumer trends?

Nedbank CIB’s Munira Kharva talks to Business Day TV about how the pandemic has affected consumers’ disposable income

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Retail sales contracted 9% year on year in July

One economist, though, expects shopping activity to pick up as lockdown restrictions are lifted

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WATCH: How might Japanification affect SA’s stagflation?

Michael Avery speaks to a panel about whether the developed world is turning a little Japanese

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OECD says SA will be slow to get on its feet and slashes GDP forecast to 11.5% drop

The OECD’s revision leaves SA with the worst expected growth outcomes for 2020 of countries included in the update, followed by Argentina, Italy, Mexico and ...

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Measuring it will require a new metric that is more meaningful than GDP

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WATCH: SA’s ‘last-chance saloon’

Michael Avery talks to a panel about how to bring the economy out of its induced coma as swiftly as possible

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State infrastructure spend will not achieve economic growth

There is no clear economic rationale for government investment, yet as the economy contracts, the government continues spending

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CAROL PATON: Opening the door, but unable to enter it

We are back at the interminable negotiating table, with business, labour and government seeking another blueprint for economic recovery

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Agricultural sector marginally optimistic as economy opens up

New Agbiz survey shows most of SA’s agriculture and agribusiness sectors survived the Covid-19 crisis relatively well

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Tito Mboweni: SA’s economic outlook may be worse than feared

Finance minister vows to speed up energy reform

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What the latest figures from Stats SA mean for our ratings and the recovery of our economy

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SA exporters protected in the event of a no-deal Brexit

Trade & industry director-general says an agreement with the UK was negotiated amid Brexit uncertainty

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The weaker-than-expected GDP number creates space for the SA Reserve Bank to reduce the repo rate this week, but it may be a close call

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Sovereign gender bond to integrate women into state’s ambitious revival plan

Women will be an integral part of proposals focusing on infrastructure investment, says the president’s special economic adviser

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Mining and manufacturing output improves but rocky road lies ahead

Both sectors face challenges, particularly Eskom power cuts, which are expected to weigh on SA’s recovery

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