Professors en kommentators sê gereeld dat ekonomiese hervormings dringend nodig is. Maar het ons beleidmakers soos die Reserwebank, Tesourie, die Departement van Handel en Nywerheid, of selfs die President, nog raad nodig? Ek was gister by ʼn LEAP werkswinkel in Stellenbosch oor die invloed wat ekonomiese geskiedenis navorsing op beleid kan hê en daar wat ʼn hele paar interessante perspektiewe.

Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur Economic Research Southern Africa en die NWU Sakeskool.

Professors and commentators often say that economic reforms are urgently needed. But do our policy makers such as the Reserve Bank, Treasury, the Department of Trade and Industry, or even the President, need more advice? Yesterday I was at a LEAP workshop in Stellenbosch on the influence that economic history research can have on policy and there were quite a few interesting perspectives.

This episode is supported by Economic Research Southern Africa and the NWU Business School.

Groei vooruitskattings vir die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie is maar redelik gedemp en mens wonder of Taylor Swift nie dalk die oplossing vir ons probleem is nie. Haar Eras toer is binnekort in Singapoer en dit het groeivooruitskattings daar verhoog van 2,5% tot 2,9% vir die eerste drie maande van die jaar.

Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur die NWU Sakeskool.

Growth forecasts for the South African economy are quite muted and one wonders if Taylor Swift might not be the solution to our problem. Her Eras tour will be in Singapore soon and this has raised growth forecasts there from 2.5% to 2.9% for the first three months of the year.

This episode is supported by the NWU Business School.

Ek het so deur die loop van verlede week ʼn paar belangrike aanwysers bespreek. Die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie het in die vierde kwartaal van verlede jaar net net ʼn resessie vermy, maar in die eerste kwartaal van hierdie jaar lyk dinge nie veel beter nie en sakevertroue is gedemp. Daar was darem nog ʼn paar stukkies nuus wat dinge toelig.

Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur die Buro vir Ekonomiese Ondersoek in Stellenbosch en die NWU

Over last week, I discussed a few important indicators. The South African economy narrowly avoided a recession in the fourth quarter of last year, but in the first quarter of this year things don't look much better and business confidence is low. And there are a few more pieces of news that clarify things.

This episode is supported by the Bureau of Economic Research in Stellenbosch and the NWU Business School.

Hierdie is nie ʼn markteverslag nie, maar af en toe duik daar iets op in die markte waaroor ek moet praat. Die goudprys is op ʼn rekord hoogtepunt en niemand is mooi seker hoekom nie.

Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur die NWU Sakeskool.

This is not a market report, but every now and then something pops up in the markets that I have to talk about. The gold price is at a record high and no one is quite sure why.

This episode is supported by the NWU Business School.

RMB en die Buro vir Ekonomiese Ondersoek se Sakevertroue indeks vir die eerste kwartaal is gister bekend gemaak en sakevertroue is nog laer as einde verlede jaar. Sewe uit elke tien deelnemers aan die opname is nie tevrede met besigheidstoestande nie.

Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur die NWU Sakeskool.

RMB and the Bureau of Economic Research's Business Confidence Index number for the first quarter was announced yesterday and business confidence is even lower than at the end of last year. Seven out of ten survey participants are unsatisfied with business conditions.

This episode is supported by the NWU Business School.