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Repo rate falls to 3.5% — its lowest since 1998

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 23 Jul 2020

Repo rate drops to 3.5% as Reserve Bank predicts a 7.3% contraction in South Africa’s GDP

The demise of the chequebook

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 17 Jun 2020

The use of cheques has fallen about 80% in the past decade as consumer habits shift and digital payments continue to gain traction

An emergency budget needs bold decisions, including a bigger public sector

Opinion Dominic Brown - 6 Jun 2020

Choosing this path would create work for many while also building the infrastructure that the country needs

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Reserve Bank cuts repo rate by 50 basis points

Business Thando Maeko - 21 May 2020

The Monetary Policy Committee has cut the repurchase rate by a further 50 basis points, after a two consecutive cuts of 100 basis points earlier this year

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Three ways to finance the Covid-19 policy response

Coronavirus Adam Aboobaker & Ihsaan Bassier - 9 May 2020

The government will have to consider the pros and cons of direct taxation, de facto taxation and debt as it negotiates the coronavirus economic crisis

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Government should offer debt guarantees

Article Tshegofatso Mathe - 16 Apr 2020

A research institution says the government should guarantee small businesses’ debt in order to keep the sector that employs millions of South Africans afloat amid Covid-19

GDP to contract 6.1% — Reserve Bank

Article Thando Maeko & Tshegofatso Mathe - 14 Apr 2020

The central bank warns of the harmful effect of Covid-19 on the economy, while the treasury details more plans to ease the pain

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Municipal Workers Retirement Fund comes under scrutiny

Article Sabelo Skiti - 11 Mar 2020

Financial sector regulator turns its attention to fund’s board to probe its compliance with fiduciary duty requirements

South Africa’s economy plunges into a recession

Article Tshegofatso Mathe - 3 Mar 2020

The country’s economy grew by only 0.2% in 2019, after it experienced contractions in both the third and fourth quarter

Ramaphosa bets big on infrastructure to boost economy

Article Makhanda Ka Lima - 19 Feb 2020

Sona was a mixed bag but there were some meaningful announcements

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Sona will cast a spotlight on Ramaphosa (and the ANC’s) many problems

Analysis Makhanda Ka Lima - 10 Feb 2020

The president is facing challenges at every turn, among them the economy, the state of SOEs and factionalism within the ANC. Only if Ramaphosa and his party work together will they be able to turn their declining fortunes around

Reserve bank unanimously decides to cut the repo rate

Article Tshegofatso Mathe - 16 Jan 2020

The South African Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee has unanimously decided to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points, to...

SA escapes Moody’s junk guillotine — for now

Article Kevin Davie - 2 Nov 2019

South Africa's credit rating outlook is revised from stable to negative, but not downgraded to junk status at this stage

Reserve Bank cuts repo rate

Article SysOps & Lynley Donnelly - 18 Jul 2019

In a move that will bring some relief to consumers the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) cut its repo rate on Thursday...

How to keep central banks independent

Article Patrick Bolton, Stephen Cecchetti, Jean Pierre Danthine & Xavier Vives - 15 Jul 2019

Some observers say central banks can best mitigate risks to their independence by returning to the narrow price-stability mandate

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