Met die plaaslike verkiesing om die draai en beurtkrag aan die orde van die dag het hierdie week se ekonomiese data het nie werklik die nuus gehaal nie. Bly ingeskakel vir meer oor die PPI en die SARB se sakesiklusaanwysers.

With local elections around the turn and load shedding the order of the day, this week's economic data did not really make the news. Stay tuned for more about PPI and the SARB's business cycle indicators.

Die laaste paar dae word daar weer baie geskryf oor dit wat nodig is om die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie op dreef te kry. Party kommentators vra vir drastiese stappe, ʼn basiese inkomstetoelaag, of dat ons net eers die skuldlas onder beheer moet kry. Sommige sal sê arbeidsmarkhervorming, maar is verstaanbaar versigtig om te verduidelik presies wat verander moet word. Die een aspek is die stelsel van kollektiewe bedinging.

Lees die navorsing hier: Magruder (2010).

In the last few days, a lot has been written about what is needed to get the South African economy up and running. Some commentators are asking for drastic steps, others for a basic income allowance, or that we should just get the debt burden under control first. Some would say labour market reform but are understandably cautious to explain exactly what needs to be changed. The one aspect is the system of collective bargaining.

Read the science here: Magruder (2010).

In aanloop na die COP26 beraad oor klimaatsverandering is dit duidelik dat energie-opwekking met steenkool uit die mode is. Maar nuwe navorsing wys dat beeste heelwat meer kweekhuisgasse vrystel as wat vroeer gedink is en die mees effektiewe manier om jou koolstofvoetspoor te verklein is om eerder varkvleis te eet.

In the run-up to the COP26 climate change summit, it is clear that coal-fired energy generation is out of fashion. But new research shows that cattle emit far more greenhouse gases than previously thought and the most effective way to reduce your carbon footprint is to eat pork instead.

Ek praat die laaste tyd baie oor inflasie en hierdie week se groot aanwyser is September maand se produksieprys indekssyfer wat Donderdag bekend gemaak word. Ekonome hoop om te sien of die stygings in brandstofpryse en bottelnekke in voorsieningskettings druk plaas op produksiepryse.

I've been talking a lot about inflation lately and this week's major indicator is September's producer price inflation figure released on Thursday. Economists hope to see if the increases in fuel prices and bottlenecks in supply chains have put pressure on producer prices.

Dit lyk op die oomblik of die wêreld ʼn energie knelpunt bereik en die pryse van olie, gas, en steenkool het hierdie jaar al skerp gestyg. Dit gaan veroorsaak dat brandstofpryse in Suid-Afrika verder styg en opwaartse druk op inflasie plaas.

At the moment, the world seems to be in an energy crunch and oil, gas, and coal prices have risen sharply this year. This will cause fuel prices in South Africa to increase further and put upward pressure on inflation.