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Covid-19 Business Watch

WATCH: The government’s fiscal response to lockdown

Intellidex chair Stuart Theobald, Cannon Asset Managers CEO Adrian Saville and Stanlib chief economist Kevin Lings talk to Business Day TV

21 April 2020 - 08:12 Business Day TV
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All eyes were on the special cabinet meeting on Monday to see what the government plans in terms of a fiscal response to Covid-19. Will it be the fire hose we need to extinguish the fires raging across the economy or more of the buckets as we have seen so far?

Business Day TV’s Michael Avery discusses the options with Intellidex chair Stuart Theobald, Cannon Asset Managers CEO Adrian Saville and Kevin Lings, professor of economics, finance and strategy at Gibs and chief economist at Stanlib.

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