(By Dr Azar Jammine Director and Chief Economist Econometrix Pty Ltd) The 2022 Budget did not contain many surprises. As expected, the key focal point was the likely substantial overrun of government revenue in the face of a huge windfall in profits of mining and related companies linked to the surge in commodity prices through [...]
(By Dr Azar Jammine, Director and Chief Economist Econometrix (Pty) Ltd) Ironically for many observers, South Africa's economic performance this year has actually turned out to be somewhat better than had been anticipated earlier in the year. Following the downturn last year associated with the lockdown of the economy around the middle of 2020, with [...]
World equity markets continued to gyrate into Q1 2021. Record highs were set on most global bourses including the Dow Jones, Nasdaq, S&P500 and JSE FTSE All Share Index. Mark Kalil looks at performance in the quarter (Q1) from a multi asset class perspective for USA equities, South African equities, Spot Gold, Crude [...]
The 2021 Budget attempts to reinforce fiscal consolidation without raising taxes, but key uncertainty remains whether Government will obtain agreement from public sector unions for negligible nominal wage increases. MUCH BETTER THAN EXPECTED GOVERNMENT REVENUE Finance Minister Tito Mboweni went into the 2021 Budget with the satisfactory knowledge that government revenue has been coming [...]
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