Why inflation stays high: Politicians can’t grasp economic realities
The late Tito Mboweni, followed by Gill Marcus and now Lesetja Kganyago, all had one key instruction from the government: tackle inflation. And all…
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Gold has two qualities that make it different from copper, iron ore and lithium. The first is that it’s rustless. It doesn’t degrade over…
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Global interest rates entered the long-anticipated cutting cycle in the third quarter, marking a major shift in monetary policy for developed markets such as…
Go long! There’s still (some) money to be made in bonds
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Could the rand reach R13/$?
Old Mutual chief economist Johann Els has such a divergent view on how the rand will perform that it often keeps him up at…
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