LETTER: Moody’s projected growth is a fantasy
GDP rise of 1% is impossible as six months of the year have gone
13 June 2019 - 05:03
I had a good chuckle on reading an article that read: “Moody’s patience is wearing thin” with SA and it has now dropped its projection of our GDP growth for the year to 1%. Wow, it only took Moody’s two years to follow what the other two main ratings agencies, the World Bank, the IMF and many others have been telling us for ages.
Moody’s has finally realised that the government’s policy objective to boost economic activity while consolidating its physical position will prove even more difficult in the low growth environment. I still can’t believe it took the agency two years to get there...
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