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IMF cuts SA 2016 growth forecast to 0.1% from 0.6%
The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for economic growth in South Africa this year to 0.1% from 0.6%.
Gross domestic product in Africa's most-industrialised economy will…
Rebased business confidence rises to 95.1 in June
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s business confidence index rose to 95.1 points in June from 91.8 in May, boosted by improvements in export volumes and approved building plans…
Private sector investors eye PIC’s R10.5bn investment into loans
JOHANNESBURG C Private sector investors and developers have established interest in coming alongside anyone Investment Corporation's (PIC’s) R10.5 billion investment into SA…
Will the Sarb raise rates in the week?
At the South African Reserve Bank's (Sarb's) last Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on May 19 2016, five out of your six members voted in preference of keeping interest levels…
1 / 2 top emerging markets ‘junk’ after wave of downgrades -S&P
Half with the world’s top emerging market sovereigns now are rated below investment grade then year’s latest wave of downgrades, Standard and Poor’s said on…
Sub-Saharan Africa credit crunch deepening downturn
Slowing economic growth across sub-Saharan Africa causes a deterioration in financial markets and reinforcing recessionary forces in your neighborhood, a fresh report with the…
Sarb holds home interest rates, forecasts 0% growth for 2016
South African Reserve Bank’s (Sarb’s)?Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has unanimously thought we would keep repo rate at 7% each year.
“Even though the committee…
SA GDP growth too slow to increase conditions, IMF says
Economic rise in South Africa is way too slow to boost living standards in a very country in which a third of people is excluded from your economy, good International Monetary Fund.…
The biggest thing in regards to downgrade
CAPE TOWN C While last month’s decisions by S&P and Fitch not to downgrade South Africa’s credit ratings were met with no shortage of relief while in the markets, the…
Common passport, common currency?
As britain prepares to negotiate its exit on the European, the African Union (AU) is constantly on the take the appropriate steps toward regional integration with all the launch of an…