Mboweni’s supplementary budget lacked crucial information on economic growth
Business urgently needs more clarity and guidance on how economic growth is going to be delivered through policy reform, says BLSA
24 June 2020 - 19:49
Finance minister Tito Mboweni's supplementary budget is scant on measures to stimulate economic growth and leaves too much room for speculation at a time when certainty is required to drive investor confidence.
While Mboweni himself described his supplementary budget on Wednesday as an “extraordinary” plan aimed at saving lives, protecting livelihoods and building a bridge “to a prosperous future”, business, political parties and labour seemed unimpressed...
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