Kevin Lings

SA’s disappointing GDP depresses the region

Article Lynley Donnelly - 28 May 2015

Drought, electricity load-shedding and public servants who are quitting are weighing down an already weak economy.

Reserve Bank moves cautiously on interest rates

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Jan 2015

Inflation figures are good, but uncertainty over the oil price raises a question about interest rates.

Unsecured lending: The underwriting was on the wall

Article Staff Reporter - 4 Sep 2014

African Bank's plight seemed to come as a shock, but banks started tightening up credit a year ago.

Key farming sector yields precious little – Kevin Lings

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Aug 2014

Economist Kevin Lings highlights agricultural disappointments in an extract from his book 'The Missing Piece: Solving South Africa's Economic Puzzle'.

SA economy will remain under pressure, shows LEI

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Jan 2014

The month on month decline in the leading economic indictor means the economy will be hard-pressed for the first half of 2014.

SA’s economic prognosis is good

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Jan 2012

Good figures from last year suggest that 2012 is likely to be even better.

EU crisis hammers SA jobs

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Dec 2011

This week gross domestic product (GDP) figures indicated a continued trend of slow economic growth with inflation on the rise.

Jittery investors dump SA bonds

Article Lynley Donnelly - 23 Sep 2011

As debt troubles in Europe and the United States keep global markets jittery, foreign investors appear to be shying away from South African bonds.

Jobs news — bad with SA Inc on hold

Article bogdan TagDiv - 12 Aug 2011

The market turmoil of the past week has been a boon for 24-hour business channels, writes <b>Maya Fisher-French</b>.

State wage bill ‘unsustainable’

Article Staff Reporter - 6 May 2011

Economists are raising alarm over losses in the private sector and growth in government jobs.

Can government turn unemployment around?

Article bogdan TagDiv - 27 Oct 2010

We're faced with the highest rate of unemployment in South Africa for the past five years. But monetary policy alone can't solve the problem.

What another rate cut could mean for you

Article bogdan TagDiv - 25 Oct 2010

There is speculation that the Reserve Bank may consider another rate cut. But what would this mean for consumers?

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