SA has dodged a bullet. Last week Moody’s, the global debt ratings agency, upgraded the outlook on our debt from negative to stable.

For the uninitiated, the outlook is not the rating, but a stable outlook means the next time Moody’s rates our debt (usually twice a year) it is most unlikely to downgrade us beyond the two levels below investment grade to which we have already been subjected...

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