Hierdie week se ekonomiese aanwyser is Septembermaand se verbruikersprys inflasiesyfer wat Woensdag bekend gemaak word. Die Buro vir Ekonomiese Ondersoek se weeklikse nuusbrief gee ʼn goeie uiteensetting van die faktore wat ʼn rol speel en wat dit beteken vir die Reserwebank se volgende repo-koersbesluit.

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Inflasie is die hele jaar lank in die nuus, en ʼn gereelde onderwerp van Die Ekonomie Minuut. Dit is waaroor die staking by Transnet tans gaan. As mens sou vra, hoekom is inflasie so sleg, is die kort antwoord: want alles word duurder. Die langer antwoord is: want dit veroorsaak onsekerheid en dit breek vertoue binne die gemeenskap af.

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Inflation has been in the news all year long and is a regular topic of The Economics Minute. It is what the current strike at Transnet is about. If one were to ask why inflation is so bad, the short answer is: because everything becomes more expensive. The longer answer is: that it causes uncertainty and it breaks down trust within society.

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Hierdie is mini-begrotingsmaand en Minister Godongwana lewer die sy toespraak oor die medium termyn bestedingsraamwerk op 26 Oktober. Ons weet dat twee jaar se belastingmeevallers beteken dat die Minister ʼn klein bietjie beweegruimte het en daar is verwagtinge aan al die kante van die spektrum.

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This is mini budget month and Minister Godongwana delivers his speech on the medium-term expenditure framework on 26 October. We know that two years of tax windfalls mean that the Minister has a little bit of room for manoeuvre and there are expectations on all sides of the spectrum.

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The Daily Maverick teases and says it feels a bit like 2017 - load shedding, water-shedding and Jacob Zuma are in the news. That year the economy grew by just 1.2%. This week's indicators give us an idea of how difficult it is to say how the economy is doing. August's figures on production and sales in the manufacturing sector looked slightly better and SACCI's business confidence index remained resilient, but there are concerns about what happened in September and what it means for the third quarter's economic growth figure.

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Die Daily Maverick terg en sê dit voel so bietjie soos 2017 – beurtkrag, beurtwater en Jacob Zuma is in die nuus Daardie jaar het die ekonomie het met net 1,2% gegroei. Hierdie week se aanwysers gee ons ʼn idee van hoe moeilik dit is te sê hoe dit met die ekonomie gaan. Augustusmaand se syfers oor produksie en verkope in die vervaardigingsektor het effens beter gelyk en die SACCI se sakevertroue-indeks het veerkragtig gebly, maar daar is kommer oor wat in Septembermaand gebeur het en wat dit beteken vir die derde kwartaal se ekonomiese groeisyfer.

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The International Monetary Fund warned yesterday that the outlook for the world economy is deteriorating. They predict economic growth of 2.7% with a 25% chance that the world economy can grow less than 2% this year. Their chief economist warns that 2023 will feel like a recession for many people and that the chances of a mistake by policymakers are high.

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Die Internasionale Monetêre Fonds het gister gewaarsku dat die vooruitsigte vir die wêreld-ekonomie slegter lyk. Hulle voorspel ekonomiese groei van 2,7% met ʼn 25% kans dat die wêreld-ekonomie minder as 2% kan groei. Hulle hoof-ekonoom waarsku dat 2023 vir baie mense soos ʼn resessie gaan voel en dat die kanse vir ʼn fout deur beleidmakers groot is.

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The 2022 Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded yesterday to Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig for their work on banking. Bernanke is known for his role as chairman of the US Federal Reserve Bank at the time of the 2008/09 global financial crisis, but before that, as a professor, he published a number of influential articles, specifically on the Great Depression. The Diamond and Dybvig model is the basis of how economists think about financial intermediation. Tyler Cowan and Alex Tabarrok give an overview of the winners' work on the Marginal Revolution blog.

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