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SARB Holds Rates as Growth Outlook Weakens, But Inflation Risk
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (379+ words) – July 23, 2026 The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has held the repo rate at 7.00% on the back of South Africa’s weak economic growth but acknowledged that inflationary risks remain, meaning that the door for a 25-basis-point hike in 2026 remains. Four members…...
What’s Behind South Africa’s Racial Wealth Gap on the JSE
2+ week, 1+ day ago (578+ words) – July 8, 2026 The Common Sense recently estimated that black South Africans hold 66.55% of the locally owned capital on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), compared with 33.45% held by white South Africans. That estimate excludes foreign investors and uses the broad definition in…...
Inflation Data Give Wrong Sense on Rates Outlook
2+ week, 1+ day ago (656+ words) – July 8, 2026 A survey of households, businesses, trade unions, and analysts suggested that the inflation rate will overshoot its January projection by a significant degree. That expectation is likely incorrect given that it was based on an incorrect assumption of fuel…...
Warsh’s First Fed Meeting Raises Higher Rates Risk for South
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (509+ words) – June 19, 2026 Kevin Warsh’s first meeting as chair of the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ended on Wednesday with interest rates left unchanged, keeping the federal funds target rate at 3.50% to 3.75%. The decision itself was widely expected. The more…...
People Aren’t Investing in SA – Without a Change Country will be
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (240+ words) – June 19, 2026 South Africa’s fixed investment rate has fallen far behind the rest of the world, boding ill for South Africa’s future economic trajectory. That helps explain the country’s weak growth. Low confidence leads to low investment and low investment leads…...
Milei's Economic Gamble Delivers Results for Argentina
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (371+ words) – June 11, 2026 Argentina's economy has recorded a remarkable turnaround under President Javier Milei, with inflation falling sharply, economic growth returning, and the country's public finances moving into surplus after years of chronic deficits. The reforms implemented by the eccentric Milei - he…...
Afghanistan and South Africa Have Same Level of Fixed Investment
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (432+ words) – June 11, 2026 Fixed investment in South Africa and Afghanistan is at the same level, according to the World Bank. According to the body, the level of gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), also known as fixed investment, as a proportion of GDP…...
How South Africa Killed Its Manufacturing Sector and Trapped
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (100+ words) Millions in Poverty The Common Sense In this premium clip, Frans Cronje breaks down how South Africa lost its manufacturing base, with terrible consequences for the poor. In this clip Frans Cronje traces the rise and fall of South Africa's…...
PMI Analysis Misses the Point: South Africa Has Been Deindustrial
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (531+ words) – June 8, 2029 The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dropped from 52.6 in April to 50.8 in May. The fall is mostly because April’s reading was unusually high, with businesses stocking up before the petrol price increase. Headlines focus on this one-month change, but the…...
BER Confidence Report Due Tomorrow, Likely to Test SA Reform
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (675+ words) – June 1, 2026 In the first quarter of 2026, the Business Confidence Index of the Bureau for Economic Research (BER), based at Stellenbosch University, rose to 47 points, from 44 points in the fourth quarter of 2025. That was the strongest reading since 2015. Firms benefited from…...