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2Q16 Growth concerns rise in response to weaker business confidence

07 June 2016

The Bureau of Economic Research’s (BER) Business Confidence Index (BCI) decreased for the sixth consecutive quarter, declining to its weakest level since the fourth quarter of 2009 (see chart 1).

Business confidence drops further

07 June 2016

After remaining unchanged at 36 in the first quarter, the RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) fell to 32 in the second quarter. Besides an 11-point drop over the past year, confidence is now at its lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2009, when the index was 28.

$The rand: fractured or fragile? Looking beyond the rating concerns$

The rand: fractured or fragile? Looking beyond the rating concerns

06 June 2016

Dr Adrian Saville, Chief Strategist at Citadel, finds that the rand could still diverge further from fair value, but it is not a one-way bet

S&P downgrade reprieve gives SA Government, business and labour a window to make progress

06 June 2016

The announcement by Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings (S&P) that it has maintained South Africa’s investment grade sovereign credit rating at BBB – the lowest investment grade rating that a country can be assigned – was a welcome reprieve for the country and gives Government, business and labour a window to collaborate in finding common ground to rebuild confidence in, as well as improve prospects for, the South African economy.

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