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The Global Economic Recovery
The ‘V’ shaped recovery was a myth a year ago; today it’s an almost unbelievable recovery. Dr. Cees Bruggemans, chief economist at FNB predicted it a year ago, and has been proved spectacularly correct. What now? Don’t miss this chat with Lindsay Williams … »
DATA: Consumer Confidence
The third quarter saw us becoming more confident about our own finances, less so about the overall economy, but overall the FNB/BER CCI was up , and encouragingly so. Cees Bruggemans, the chief economist at FNB runs through the numbers with… »
The Kindest Cut Of All
5 top economists, 5 different institutions, and 5 different interpretations. Listen to the views on the so-called ‘unexpected’ cut in South African interest… »
Economic prospects through 2010
After growing by 3% in 2008 and contracting by some 1%-2% in 2009 mainly on account of an unprecedented vicious global banking and credit crisis and its impacts on our mining and industrial… »




