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Strike
Transnet’s strike is into its second week. What’s the cost, what’s the point, and is it right to offer 11% which is more than DOUBLE… »
The Rate Cut: SARB Surprise, and the dissenting voice of gloom
Not everyone agrees with Thursday’s interest rate cut. Yes it helped the market, and yes those of us in debt are to be relieved of some of our burden. But wasit a narrow minded short termist knee jerk reaction? We discuss this view with Dawie Roodt of The Efficient… »
Interest rates, electricity, markets
Dawie Roodt, chief economist at the Efficient Group previews the SARB monetary policy committee’s decision on local rates. Will they (she) or won’t they (she), cut. And what of Eskom and the tariff? Dawie is in conversation with Lindsay… »
Interest Rates
Gill Marcus and her team UNANIMOUSLY left the South African repo rate UNCHANGED at 7.0%. But what of the future? We canvass the views of a couple of leading local economsts on the decision by the new Rerve Bank… »
Interest Rates
The SARB’s Monetary Policy Committee has left the repo rate unchanged at 7%. The unions are cross, and so are legions of indebted South Africans. Was it the right decision? Does it leave the door open for a glorious entrance by the new Governor of the central bank? We chat on Econocast to a top… »
Eskom
Dawie Roodt penned an article in Business Day early last year that warned that eskom would have to hike tarriffs enormously in order to stay viable and afloat. He was roundly criticised for his thoughts, but he’s been proved right. Dawie chats to Econocast on the latest news of Eskom’s tarriff… »
SAA
The in flight attendants are under paid and miserable, and the customers’ flying experience is quite simply appalling. That’s what happens when the state runs any business…..Eskom, Telkom, etc….BUT, SAA has apparently turned around its financial fortunes. Or has it? We speak to a customer and critic of the national… »
The Economy
Short week, big week. The Reserve Bank decides on rates, and then there’s inflation data. All this in a period that sees another ridiculously timed ‘public’ holiday. When will the authorities learn to make every holiday a Monday or Friday?…….We preview the action with a leading… »
Spring Day Economics
The sap is rising, and so are the economic indicators. Can it last, will it last, or is Spring merely a cruel hemispheric trick played on us poor Africans? Listen to the forceful words of Dawie Roodt, chief economist at the Efficient… »
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… »
Exchange Rates
Commodities
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