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Economic Thoughts: Thinking about the Rand
What is top of mind when thinking about Rand prospects, near term and far? It isn’t all daily randomness. There […]
Economic Thoughts: The main 2016 surprise?
So what is the most likely major 2016 bet turning out different? It is probably not the deepening SA drought […]
Economic Thoughts: An Interesting Year
It was an interesting year. Many also say it was a horrible year, and it certainly was for some, indeed […]
Economic Thoughts: Super Salesman Pravin Gordhan
There are genuine rewards & recognitions, and then there are hospital passes. What happened to Pravin Gordhan last Sunday was […]
Economic Thoughts: Zuma “changes” his mind
A rather unexpected course of events late Sunday night (13 December 2015), as Zuma “reconsiders” his decision to fire finance […]
Economic Thoughts: SA Tourism: up, up & away?
SA tourism has not had a good decade, marked by global economic crisis & falloff in travel, reinforced by own […]
Economic Thoughts: Impressions
What’s striking recently is the retreat of Chinese luxury, the impression of weak global industry but strong services sectors, weak […]
Economic Thoughts: Macro’s many Battles
It may not always be obvious but SA macro policy is fighting many hard battles with our collective interests uppermost […]
Economic Thoughts: Things warranting concern
The things to fear most at present? There is so much to choose from. Even when excluding the personal and […]