- 27 Feb 2013 13:46 - Nickolaus Bauer
- Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's budget has shown taxpayers will not see increases in income tax or VAT but sin taxes and fuel levies will go up.
- 26 Feb 2013 13:22 - Lisa Steyn
- Economic growth pleasantly surprised the market with an increase of 2.1% but analysts are still warning of tough times ahead.
- 31 Dec 2012 07:01 - Matt Quigley
- America's "fiscal cliff", the name given to the hundreds of billions of dollars in tax rises and spending cuts, will dominate the economic week.
- 07 Dec 2012 15:19 - Dianna Games
- All the gushing about growth largely ignores the continent's political risks and challenges, says Dianna Games.
- 27 Nov 2012 16:32 - Aneesa Fazel
- The mining sector's wildcat strikes has left a deeper dent in the SA economy than expected with only a 1.2% real gross domestic product increase.
- 12 Nov 2012 06:39 - Matt Quigley
- Over the coming days, US President Barack Obama will begin talks on the country's fiscal cliff, while China will wrap up its leadership transition.
- 09 Nov 2012 12:03 - Lisa Steyn
- While the financial crisis deepens in other parts of the world, the African growth story has just begun, but it's not clear what role SA will play.
- 29 Oct 2012 06:55 - Matt Quigley
- The economic week ahead will blow in with a massive storm in the US - the world's largest economy - and end with vehicle sales figures here in SA.
- 24 Oct 2012 10:32 - Tosin Sulaiman
- Foreign direct investment flows into South Africa has tumbled 43.6% in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period last year.
- 05 Oct 2012 11:53 - Lisa Steyn
- As unprotected strikes continue to spread across SA, the effect on domestic growth for the third quarter will affect output in 2013.
- 23 Jul 2012 19:26 - Xola Potelwa
- Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says SA's growth this year is likely to miss forecasts while the central bank warns about the economy's vulnerability.
- 14 Jun 2012 08:00 - Nickolaus Bauer
- The summer of the EU's 2012 meltdown will signal SA's winter of discontent as an economic crisis looks set to play out with devastating consequences.
- 29 May 2012 14:39 - Sapa
- Statistics South Africa says economic growth has slowed slightly in the first quarter of 2012.
- 23 Apr 2012 06:51 - Matt Quigley
- Amid weaker than expected data in the US and China, and a flare-up in Europe's debt crisis, markets will be paying close attention to key statistics.
- 15 Mar 2012 12:46 - Lisa Steyn
- The global economic slump has begun to affect the economy and South Africans may wish to reconsider getting that new iPad or applying for more credit.
- 17 Feb 2012 00:00 - Staff Reporter
- It is an election year in the US and anything, even what cannot possibly be supported by the evidence, can be said, as long as it gets votes.
- 17 Feb 2012 00:00 - Louise Redvers
- The IMF has warned that Swaziland's fiscal crisis has reached a critical point and there is a high risk that the kingdom will be unable to pay wages.
- 17 Feb 2012 00:00 - Lynley Donnelly
- The state, economists say, can afford to double its debt levels and lift borrowing to about R1-trillion to pay its ambitious infrastructure plans.
- 03 Feb 2012 00:00 - Lynley Donnelly
- Supply constraints, double-digit price hikes and power outages are taking their toll on the economy, experts say. And brace for more load-shedding.
- 23 Jan 2012 06:33 - Matt Quigley
- Economists and investors across the globe will be digesting a host of economic reports for signs that recent rallies may continue.
