(Bloomberg) — In 2018, South Africa got a new president, two new finance ministers and slumped into a recession. Next year maybe even more bumpy. Here’s a look at the key economic and political risk factors to watch out for in 2019: The Budget After Finance Minister Tito Mboweni painted a bleak picture for finances […]
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The US-China trade truce, announced last week, while affording both sides some breathing room, will do little to resolve the deep differences between the two nations. While both Trump and Xi Jinping hailed it as a domestic victory, they also took pains to detail areas in which they would not compromise. The need for
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JOHANNESBURG – A study by the Bureau of Economic Research (BER) has shown that the retail sector showed signs of a revival in the last three months of the year after the sector ran into trouble in the third quarter of the year. The BER said sentiment in the sector was improving. BER said business confidence
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A Temporary Truce Commentary: 3 December 2018 Buenos Aires hosted the G20 summit this past weekend and the world’s attention was fixed on President Trump and his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping. After the summit was concluded, the two leaders were able to reach agreement in halting new trade tariffs for the next 90 days
