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 Economy/business Trends Business appears to anticipate a repo rate cut in September by our Reserve Bank. Strangely, the Bank of America reportedly expects our Reserve...

Economy/business Trends The IMF predicts a slowdown of the world economy to 3.2% – KPMG estimates a slowing to 2.5%. Our economy shrank marginally by...

Economy/business Trends Our inflation rate seems to be abating with food prices especially having taken a significant turn for the better. The Reserve Bank governor...

Economy/business Trends: An economic inflection point? From a BusinessTech talk on change, I learnt that from 30 years ago, some 75% of the then JSEs...

Economy/business Trends: Our economy contracted ever so slightly in the first quarter, but there is hope: the predictions are that our economy will pick up...

Economy and business Trends: Our core inflation is holding steady with little sign of a reduction in interest rates following shortly. The US inflation rate...

Economy/business Trends: The first quarter, economically speaking, has come and gone. Data from Stats SA show a steep drop in manufacturing output, primarily owing to...

Gentle Reader   SWMBO and I will be celebrating her birthday and taking two weeks off to stiffen my practice resolve. I will miss an...

Business Economic trends (grim and getting worse): Our economic growth is painfully slow (the World Cup bank is optimistic in setting a recovering growth rate...

Soweto has one of the fastest appreciation rates in Johannesburg, with homes in the area doubling in price over the past ten years. This is...