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/ 18 September 2008
The attitude of one of the shareholders at the South African Reserve Bank’s 88th annual general meeting (AGM) was racist, Tito Mboweni said.
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/ 18 September 2008
South African banks have little direct exposure to the United States mortgage-backed securities market, says Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni.
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/ 18 September 2008
Inflation expectations have deteriorated somewhat, Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni told a bank shareholders’ meeting on Thursday.
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/ 8 September 2008
Tito Mboweni was in the news this week because he was quitting to go fishing. This seems to have changed after chatting to the ANC’s Gwede Mantashe.
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/ 5 September 2008
Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni has received a pay increase of more than 25% in the past financial year, the SABC reports.
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/ 5 September 2008
President Thabo Mbeki presided over a rather grey administration.The groupthink he encouraged has been disastrous for our country.
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/ 4 September 2008
SA’s near-term inflation outlook remains disappointing and the central bank will consider the necessary steps to bring it within the target range.
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/ 2 September 2008
Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni said on Tuesday that he will complete his current term in August 2009, and if asked to serve another term, he will.
Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni can be proud of implementing sound economic policies, but he has faced criticism for defending inflation targets.
Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni is to step down next year when his term of office expires, according to a media report on Friday.
Private sector credit demand growth eased to 19,81% year-on-year in July, data showed on Friday, pointing to consumers slowly cutting back on debt.
Consumers will be shrinking from the pain of high interest rates for a year or so more.
If SA’s slide into recession is to be reversed, interest rates must not just remain unchanged but come down, says Cosatu.
The South African Reserve Bank is expected to leave interest rates unchanged at the end of a two-day policy meeting on Thursday.
The South African Reserve Bank monetary policy committee’s rates meeting started on Wednesday morning.
In July the SA Reserve Bank maintained the slower pace of reserve accumulation, despite the strength of the rand, Nedbank’s economic unit says.
South Africa was better off with using inflation targeting as an instrument of monetary policy, the governor of the SA Reserve Bank said on Tuesday.
The South African Reserve Bank’s August rate decision could go either way, Nedbank’s Economic Unit said on Tuesday.
Growth in demand for credit by South Africa’s private sector quickened in the year to June, data showed on Tuesday.
The SARB said on Tuesday that the South African banking system remained stable and banks were adequately capitalised during 2007.
Should analysts and economists publicly raise concerns about issues that affect millions of South Africans, only to be condemned for doing so?
The secret talks between Morgan Tsvangirai and Robert Mugabe are not a "new dawn" for Zimbabwe, as some South African media seem to imagine.
The driving forces of inflation in South Africa have spread beyond food and fuel, Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni said on Wednesday.
South Africa has a well-regulated and capitalised banking system which has been largely unaffected by the United States subprime market crisis.
SA has a well-regulated and capitalised banking system that has been largely unaffected by the US subprime crisis, the Reserve Bank said on Tuesday.
The South African Reserve Bank accumulated reserves at a faster pace in June, following two months where reserves only rose modestly.
South Africa launched a special coin on Monday as part of celebrations for the 90th birthday of former president Nelson Mandela.
South Africa’s credit growth rose slightly to 19,74% year-on-year in May, slightly above forecasts, data showed on Monday.
Investors have concerns about South Africa, former Federal Reserve chairperson Alan Greenspan told a conference in Sandton on Tuesday.
SA is braced for a slowdown after a stretch of solid growth, as higher interest rates coupled with rising food and fuel costs are set to bite.
The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee on Thursday decided to increase the repo rate by 50 basis points to 12%.
The monetary policy committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank starts a two-day meeting in Pretoria on Wednesday to discuss what to do about inflation being outside the target of 3% to 6%.