[ad_1] SIMON BROWN: I’m chatting with Kevin Lings, Stanlib’s chief economist. Kevin, I recognize the time right this moment. [We’re] speaking base effects and inflation, and delving into [those] a bit. First query, what are these ‘base effects’ and how are they going to influence and have been impacting native
[ad_1] FIFI PETERS: In in the present day’s Personal Finance function we’re taking a look at the proposals round a wealth tax, as a result of I believe there’s no disagreement that South Africa’s social cloth of excessive poverty and inequality and unemployment will not be sustainable. It must be
[ad_1] It’s a crunch week for the motor sector, with negotiations going down in an try and resolve a impasse and keep away from a strike by the 306 000 employees employed by, amongst others, automotive part producers, petrol service stations and automotive dealerships. National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
[ad_1] FIFI PETERS: The South African Meat Importers and Exporters Association is describing the suspension of anti-dumping duties on chicken imports as a significant win for cash-strapped shoppers. The suspension of the tariffs primarily signifies that chickens that come from Brazil, Spain, Poland, Ireland, and Denmark can enter South Africa
[ad_1] SIMON BROWN: I’ll be chatting in a second with Zak Calisto, CEO and founding father of Karooooo. We are struggling to get him on the road from Singapore. They had outcomes. It’s Q1 for 2023 for them. [The results are] for end-May, 2022. Revenue was up 28%, earnings per
[ad_1] The President’s Energy Action Plan introduced final week was a major occasion. President Cyril Ramaphosa has now thrown every part attainable at fixing the vitality disaster, together with opening the means for the personal sector to turn out to be main turbines of electrical energy. BLSA applauded the effort. Read: At
[ad_1] RYK VAN NIEKERK: Welcome to this week’s version of the Be a Better Investor podcast. My identify is Ryk van Niekerk and on this podcast collection I communicate to main buyers and enterprise leaders about investments. We additionally take a peek into their private funding portfolios. We attempt to
[ad_1] Paul Volcker, Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987, is most well-known because the central banker who slayed the inflation dragon which had been unleashed by power shocks (Arab oil embargo and the Iranian Revolution) and central financial institution insurance policies which have been excessively pro-growth, ignoring
[ad_1] Cryptocurrencies have turn into fashionable in African and different growing international locations. That’s in response to a policy brief launched lately by UNCTAD, a United Nations company. Significant proportions of Kenya (8.5%), South Africa (7.1%) and Nigeria’s (6.3%) populations are utilizing these digital currencies. In June, the Central African
[ad_1] It is perhaps higher to have a look at calls from largely automated laptop fashions quite than economists, judging by estimates of second-quarter gross home product forward of the particular outcomes launched Thursday. The US financial system contracted for a second straight quarter, with GDP falling at a 0.9%
