Economics 144 Stellenbosch University

07/03/2019

A central bank cannot be held accountable if "other actors" can sway its actions, says SA Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago.

07/03/2019

Governor of Reserve Bank speaking at Department of Economics, Stellenbosch University lat night.

Kganaygo said inflation has not really been sufficiently low to get our high long-term interest rates lower as he digs in on Bank's independence

18/02/2019

Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago has illustrated the importance of a stable inflation rate on social media, noting that the price for a loaf of bread, for example, could spiral to more than R200 for a loaf if the consumer price isn’t properly managed.

02/11/2016

http://www.fin24.com/Economy/economists-weigh-in-on-impact-of-state-capture-report-20161102

Economists shared their views on the potential impact of the Public Protector's report on state capture on SA's economy, ratings agencies and the rand.

19/10/2016

The mystery behind the rand’s volatility has been identified in a working paper by the International Monetary Fund.

18/10/2016

Stellenbosch students win Young Economist of the year competition! Congratulations!

30/09/2016

shades of the liquidty trap? http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/09/daily-chart-21

Interest rates are falling, nobody seems to know why

21/09/2016

The Fed also projects a less aggressive rise in interest rates next year and in 2018, and cuts its longer-run interest rate forecast to 2.9% from 3%

21/09/2016

Statistics South Africa has announced that the country's annual consumer price index was 5.9% in August 2016, down from 6.0% in July.

21/09/2016

Awaiting the FED interest rate decision but these inflation figures make the MPC's decision easier this round ...

The headline rate was well within expectations, while food inflation remains high, at 11.3%, as the effects of a severe drought continue to be felt

03/08/2016

In Afrikaans, the same word is used for ‘vote’ and ‘voice’ – stem. Today South Africans vote in the local government elections. But it is more than that: it is a day that th…

25/07/2016

Inflation and economic growth update - as per the Reserve Bank.

The zero-growth forecast is worse than IMF’s and could increase the chance of a downgrade in SA’s credit ratings

23/06/2016

Clive Crook explains why UK voters face a momentous choice when they vote on whether to remain in the European Union on Thursday.

04/06/2016

Standard & Poor's has announced its ratings review decision, giving SA a much needed breather.

04/06/2016

The rand has received an unexpected boost due to a dismal May jobs report out of the US and the decision by S&P to leave SA's credit rating one notch above junk status.

08/04/2016

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-07/money-again-seen-making-economies-go-around-for-central-bankers

It was a decade ago last month that the Federal Reserve stopped publishing a once key-measure of money supply.

10/12/2015

See how the rand has fallen since Zuma fired the Finance Minister.

International markets have reacted aggressively to the dismissal of the capable finance minister Nhlanhla Nene, according to TreasuryOne.

01/10/2015

Twenty years ago, Brazil and SA were in a similar position in terms of inequality. Brazil has made significant progress in addressing this, SA hasn’t.