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"The FNB/BER Building Confidence Index has dropped to 36, signalling serious challenges in the construction sector, ...
How do you price the risk of a dying planet? The South African Reserve Bank and the country’s financial institutions are ...
JOHANNESBURG—The South African Reserve Bank on Thursday maintained its main repo rate at 8.25% in an effort to keep inflation in check amid disappointing economic performance. The SARB kept the ...
Aug 15 (Reuters) - South Africa's Reserve Bank is expected to cut interest rates for the first time in more than two years - by 25 basis points to 8.00% - on Sept. 19, according to a Reuters poll ...
South Africa’s electricity prices have risen by over 600% since 2008, consistently outpacing headline inflation, pushing prices higher and making it more difficult for the Reserve Bank to cut ...
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) will keep its repo rate unchanged on Nov. 23 and wait until May 2024 before cutting it, a Reuters poll found, as policymakers ...
JOHANNESBURG--The South African Reserve Bank held its main repo rate at 7.5% on Thursday, as tensions with the U.S. continue to rise amid escalating global uncertainty. On Friday, U.S. Secretary ...
The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) is contemplating a recalibration of its inflation targeting framework, a debate that has sparked significant discussion among economists. Sarb Governor ...
Roy Havemann is a senior economist at the Bureau for Economic Research where he leads the Impumelelo Economic Growth Lab. He was previously at the National Treasury where, amongst other things, he ...