# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, het ‘n werkgroep bestaaande uit belanghebbendes aangekondig om Suid-Afrika se ferrochroom-sektor te versterk. Die metaal is noodsaaklik vir die produksie van ekovriendelike vlekvrye staal wat uiters belangrik is vir die groen ekonomie. Tau beklemtoon dat Suid-Afrika moet aanpas by globale veranderings, en groen waterstof en […]
# Suid-Afrika se verbruikersinflasie het in Maart tot 2,7-persent gedaal, wat die eerste daling in vyf maande is. Statistieke Suid-Afrika sê die jaar-tot-jaar verandering in die verbruikersprysindeks het gedaal vanaf drie-persent in Februarie tot die laagste vlak sedert Junie 2020. Patrick Kelly van Statistieke SA sê die hoofbydraers tot die afname was laer voedselpryse en […]
# South Africa’s consumer inflation eased to 2.7-percent in March, marking the first decline in five months. Statistics South Africa says the annual change in the consumer price index fell from three-percent in February, reaching its lowest level since June 2020. Stats SA’s Patrick Kelly says the main contributors to the slowdown were lower food […]
# Trade and Industry minister Parks Tau has announced a new working group with industry stakeholders to strengthen South Africa’s ferrochrome sector. Ferrochrome, essential for producing eco-friendly stainless steel, is key to the green economy. Tau emphasised the need for South Africa to adapt to global shifts, highlighting green hydrogen and green ammonia as transformative […]
# ‘n Ekonoom aan die Noordwes-Universiteit se Sakeskool, professor Raymond Parsons, sê klem moet opnuut geplaas word op die bespoediging van noodsaaklike strukturele hervormings. Die Internasionale Monetêre Fonds het sy vooruitskouing vir Suid-Afrika se bruto binnelandse produk vir 2025 afwaarts aangepas van 1,5-persent tot slegs een-persent. Die IMF voorspel ook dat die land se groeikoers […]
# North-West University Business School economist, professor Raymond Parsons, says there needs to be a renewed emphasis on accelerating key structural reforms. The International Monetary Fund has reduced South Africa’s 2025 gross domestic product growth forecast from 1.5-percent to one-percent. The IMF is also projecting the country will reach a growth rate of only 1.8-percent […]
# Die president van die Europese Sentrale Bank, Christine Lagarde, sê sy hoop nie president Donald Trump van Amerika gaan die voorsitter van die Federale Reserwe, Jerome Powell, afdank nie. Trump het Powell in sy eerste termyn aangestel, maar oorweeg om hom af te dank voor sy termyn verstryk. Hy plaas druk op Powell om […]
# European Central Bank president, Christine Lagarde, says she hopes US president Donald Trump does not follow through on his threats to fire Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. Trump appointed Powell during his first presidential term but is now looking into whether the Fed chief can legally be sacked before his term expires. He has […]
# Die Internasionale Monetêre Fonds het Suid-Afrika se ekonomiese groeiverwagting vir 2025 na een-persent hersien, wat beduidend laer is as die Nasionale Tesourie se vooruitskatting van 1,5-persent in Januarie. Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het verlede maand nog ‘n groeikoers van 1,7-persent vir vanjaar voorspel. Die IMF skryf die negatiewe hersiening toe aan verhoogde […]
