Relief: Government must guard SA’s poor against inflation’s assault
/ 6 July 2022

Relief: Government must guard SA’s poor against inflation’s assault

It could prove difficult for government to loosen its grip on the public purse, but economists say the current extraordinary circumstances require intervention

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/ 16 November 2010

Consumer confidence remains positive

Consumer confidence is positive for the fourth quarter of the year, according to the First National Bank/Bureau for Economic Research consumer confidence index released on Tuesday. “This has been the case throughout 2010, by itself rather unusual for an economy barely out of recession and at a time of much global turmoil,” said Cees Bruggemans, […]