PAIN FOR CONSUMERS SA producer price index rises to 10.5% in February, fuelled largely by oil 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
GREAT EXPECTATIONS Ramaphosa claims five-year investment target of R1.2-trillion is on track – but the devil, as always, is in the detail 2 min 6 By Ed Stoddard
ANALYSIS Department of Wishful Thinking – SA’s 10 reasons to invest against the backdrop of a failing state 5 min 7 By Ed Stoddard
RMB/BER INDEX Business confidence rises in first quarter of 2022 but remains in negative territory 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
WAR IN EUROPE OPED Fallout of Russia’s war with Ukraine will be a massive shock to global economy 4 min 2 By Nouriel Roubini
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK Green shoots: South Africa’s January inflation slows while retail sales pick up the pace 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
ARTICLE IV CONSULTATION Trifecta of woes: IMF predicts SOEs, public sector wages and interest bill will keep SA’s fiscal deficit elevated 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
ECONOMY Mining output rises above 11% in 2021, manufacturing up by 6.4% — Stats SA 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
COUNTRY IN DECLINE OP-ED Ramaphosa’s economic reconstruction and recovery plan is a mess – time to throw the baby out with the bathwater 5 min 11 By Ann Bernstein
GLOOMY ECONOMY IMF predicts slower global economic growth in 2022, warns of inflation 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
DEADLY STAKES Young South Africans gamble with their lives in miserable web of online betting 6 min 2 By Rufaro Samanga
2021 TAX STATISTICS Covid-19 takes no prisoners - not even the South African taxman escaped unscathed 3 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
TRUTH TO POWER ‘Outrageous’: Mayors slam Eskom’s proposed electricity hikes as unlawful and unjust 4 min 2 By Unknown Author
REAL ESTATE Property sector market volumes still above pre-pandemic levels - FNB 2 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
LEADERSHIP OP-ED South Africa cannot pivot to prosperity without truly brave leaders 8 min 7 By Ray Hartley and Greg Mills
EQUITY MARKET Taking stock: Getting through the 'back to normal' 2022 investment maze will be difficult and complex 3 min 0 By Ray Mahlaka
ECONOMIC TRENDS Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index dips in December, signalling a tepid recovery in manufacturing 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
DAYS OF ZONDO ANALYSIS State Capture report highlights the economic and investment risks of a failed and looted government 2 min 3 By Ed Stoddard
MERTEN’S SHIPPING NEWS Uptick: Containers reappear dockside in Cape Town in run-up to year-end holidays 5 min 1 By Marianne Merten
ECONOMY FNB/BER Consumer Confidence Index edges up in Q4, remains in negative territory 2 min 0 By Jana Scheepers
