The SA Reserve Bank has done well to balance economic growth and job creation while pursuing its mandate to monitor inflation, says Pravin Gordhan.
China, India and the United States have been expected to emerge as the three dominant world economies by 2050.
There is a large gap between what the country is exporting and what it is importing.
Adcorp’s employment figures for February have shown South Africa’s job situation has not changed, but labour productivity has hit a 50-year low.
The good news, though, is that finances have been kept under control.
Rand reportedly continues to perform poorly due to ratings downgrades, labour unrest and slow economic growth.
Investors will have plenty to work on through the week, despite US President Barack Obama’s second inauguration staying in the spotlight.
The European Central Bank will take centre stage this week as policymakers gather for their first meeting of the year. Is a rate cut imminent?
The Vietnamese government’s war propaganda may no longer be enough to allay citizens’ anger over the ailing economy.
Labour unrest in the mining sector has hit where it hurts. So what does South Africa’s first credit downgrade in nearly two decades mean?
The impact of strikes in mining and transport will have long-term effects on the economy that cannot be quantified yet, writes Faranaaz Parker.
Wildcat strikes in the platinum belt have entered a sixth week with no resolution in sight and investors are beginning to grow concerned.
A drop in demand, an 84% slump in profit and rising costs do not bode well for producer ArcelorMittal, writes Lynley Donnelly.
Cote d’Ivoire plans to spend over 11-trillion CFA francs through 2015 on a development programme aimed at reversing a decade of economic decline.
The consumer price index is as good as it gets and it cannot be dismissed lightly, writes Patrick Kelly, from StatsSA.
Consumer price inflation slowed markedly in May, reaching 5.7% year on year thanks mainly to an unexpected drop in some food prices.
Fica, a response to money laundering, is having a criminal effect on childrens’ products, writes Maya Fisher-French.
The world’s top 40 mining houses reported record profits in 2011, but share prices have plummeted and market capitalisation has fallen by 25%.
The conundrum facing credit ratings agencies can perhaps be best illustrated by the comments of a director of one of the industry’s largest players.
Reserves, profits and loans are on the rise but eurozone uncertainty is casting a pall over the future in South Africa, argues Lisa Steyn.
A well-known author has warned of high-debt states solving their widening deficits through predation. Maya Fisher-French reports.
Recent remarks in Parliament suggest that the state is being lined up as a major player in shale gas development.
SA stocks have fallen 1.3%, booking their worst weekly performance in six months as investors continued to hit shares of resource firms and banks.
Everybody knows that if South Africa and Spain have one thing in common, it is an abundance of sun. But what about unemployment?
At Economic Minister Patel’s invitation, Joseph Stiglitz has become a voice in SA’s economic debate, a counterweight to treasury and the Reserve Bank.
Treasury’s Lungisa Fuzile says the economy is on a more sure footing but the target growth of 7% will not come without fixing infrastructure backlogs.
News from Europe, reports from the world’s two largest economies and SA’s budget speech will keep economists and investors riveted in the week ahead.
Greece’s new austerity measures should allow economists and investors to turn their attention to a host of data releases scheduled for this week.
The country’s transition to prosperity will require what the New Growth Path calls a "social pact".
Women are not as active in the South African economy as they should be due to the high adult unemployment rate in the country, an economist has said.
Growth figures were a surprising 4.8% for the first quarter but most would be forgiven for wondering where exactly this growth is coming from.
How people are experiencing the economy is very different from the economic figures.