Policymakers at home and abroad failed to see the 2008 crisis as an opportunity to break from the past and imagine the world anew
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The recent rand crash has led some to believe another 50 basis point rise is on the horizon, despite a view that further hiking will do little to tame inflation
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The turmoil, which some say was inevitable given aggressive hiking cycles, exposes the dependency of advanced economies on cheap credit
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