Ek het verlede week gesels oor die ekonomiese vooruitsigte vir die res van hierdie jaar maar wat voorspel die land se ekonome? Die ou “Ekonoom van die jaar” kompetisie staan deesdae bekend as die BMR konsensus voorspelling en Juliemaand se voorspellings is onlangs bekend gemaak.

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

Foute en weglatings is my eie.

Last week I talked about the economic outlook for the rest of this year but what do the country's economists predict? The old "Economist of the Year" competition is nowadays known as the BMR consensus forecast. and the July forecasts were announced last week

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Errors and omissions are my own.

Gister het statistieke Suid-Afrika syfers bekend gemaak oor Juniemaand mynbouproduksie en -verkope en ook vervaardigingsproduksie en -verkope. Dit lyk soos data om versigtig optimisties oor te raak.

Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur die NWU Sakeskool.

Foute en weglatings is my eie.

Yesterday Statistics South Africa released June figures for mining production and sales and also manufacturing production and sales. This looks like data one can be cautiously optimistic about.

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Errors and omissions are my own,.

Ek lewer vanoggend ʼn praatjie oor hoe dit met die ekonomie gaan en dink toe dit sal lekker wees om dit in 2 minute te probeer op som.

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Foute en weglatings is my eie.

Later today I'm giving a talk about how the economy is doing and I thought it would be nice to try to sum it up in 2 minutes.

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Errors and omissions are my own.

Met die dat ek gister oor die wisselkoers en koopkragpariëteitsteorie gesels het en die rand asem ophou vir ʼn Amerikaanse rentekoers verhoging is dit ʼn lekker tyd om ander perspektiewe by te trek. Codera Analytics se Daan Steenkamp het onlangs twee interessante blog inskrywings oor die wisselkoers gemaak.

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

Foute en weglatings is my eie.

Because I talked about the exchange rate and purchasing power parity theory yesterday and the rand is holding its breath for another US interest rate increase, it is a good time to bring in other perspectives. Codera Analytics' Daan Steenkamp recently made two interesting blog entries about the exchange rate.

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

Errors and omissions are my own.

The Economist tydskrif se Big Mac-indeks was gister oral in die nuus. Dit wys dat die rand 49,7% ondergewaardeer is teen die dollar. Die wisselkoers behoort rondom R8,94 teen die dollar te wees. Maar wat beteken dit?

Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur die NWU Sakeskool.

Foute en weglatings is my eie.

The Economist magazine's Big Mac index was all over the news yesterday. This shows that the rand is 49.7% undervalued against the dollar. The exchange rate should be around R8.94 against the dollar. But what does that mean?

This episode is supported by the NWU Business School.

Errors and omissions are my own.