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The South African Reserve Bank is likely to hold interest rates unchanged
ECONOMIC GROWTH

Economic growth isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

It is easy to become fixated on growth, even when it holds little promise of a better life for all — and has fed the climate crisis

  • Sarah Smit
6 min read
Protests: Turkey has seen opposition to the country’s declaration of   ‘an economic war of independence’ by refusing to rein in inflation using higher interest rates and other measures. (Yasin Akgul/AFP/Getty)
ALEXANDER FORBES

Lessons from Turkey to SA: Economic independence is a battle

Without tighter capital controls, regulating the flow of money in and out of their economies, Turkey and South Africa are vulnerable to the whims of the financial markets

  • Sarah Smit
6 min read