LUKANYO MNYANDA: Little cause for cheer in Reserve Bank’s monetary policy review
Causes for gloom range from the US-China trade dispute that threatens to push many developed economies into a recession, to SA’s worsening fiscal position
07 October 2019 - 05:05
The good news for time-poor politicians is that they probably don’t need to read past the first page of the Reserve Bank’s latest monetary policy review. The bad news is that the page paints a gloomy picture for the economy, which is under pressure from external and domestic factors.
Internationally, there is the US-China trade dispute that, if movements in global bond markets are any guide, threatens to push many developed economies into a recession...
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