Tussen deur al die besonderhede van die Begroting het die Tesourie se Makro-ekonomiese Beleidsoorsig verlede week laat val dat hulle daarna kyk om Suid-Afrika se inflasiemikpunt in lyn te bring met die van ons eweknieë en handelsvennote. Val dit in die kategorie van goeie idee, maar swak plan?

Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur die NWU Sakeskool.

Amongst all the details of the Budget, the Treasury's Macroeconomic Policy Review mentioned last week that they are looking at aligning South Africa's inflation target with that of our peers and trading partners. Does this fall into the category of good idea but bad plan?

This episode is supported by the NWU Business School.

Die graderingsagenskap, Fitch, het hierdie week gesê dat die belastinginkomste waarvoor die regering begroot optimisties is en dat die Minister moes begroot vir ʼn reddingsboei aan Transnet.  Die vraag is nie soseer of hulle reg is nie, maar of ons bekommerd moet wees?

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

The ratings agency Fitch said this week that the tax revenue budgeted for by the government is optimistic and that the Minister should have budgeted for a bailout for Transnet. The question is not so much whether they are right, but whether we should be worried.

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

Ek het gister gesê dat mens jou eerder nie te veel moet steur aan politici se uitsprake kort voor ʼn verkiesing nie, maar die regering se planne en die ANC se beloftes is so uiteenlopend dat dit nie anders kan as om nog eleidsonsekerheid te skep nie.

Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur die NWU Sakeskool.

Yesterday I said that one should not pay too much attention to politicians' statements shortly before an election, but the government's plans and the ANC's promises are so divergent that it cannot help but create more policy uncertainty.

This episode is supported by the NWU Business School.

Wat is beleidsonsekerheid? Dit is onsekerheid oor beleid of die gevolge van beleid. Dit word gereeld in die media genoem, dit is die fokus van ʼn indeks wat ek en Prof Raymond Parsons saamstel en daar is ongelukkig baie voorbeelde daarvan in Suid-Afrika.

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

What is policy uncertainty? Simply put, it is uncertainty about policy or the consequences of policy. This is often mentioned in the media, it is the focus of an index that Prof Raymond Parsons and I compile and unfortunately there are many examples of it in South Africa.

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

Met al die gepraat oor die Begrotingsrede het ʼn paar ander aanwysers verby geglip en ek wil vandag vertel wat het gebeur met werkloosheid in die vierde kwartaal van 2023 en verbruikersprysinflasie in Januariemaand.

Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur die NWU Sakeskool.

With all the talk about the Budget Speech, a few other indicators slipped by and today I want to share what happened to unemployment in the fourth quarter of 2023 and consumer price inflation in January.

This episode is supported by the NWU Business School.