Die ekonomie minuut

July's consumer price inflation figure will be released later today and economists expect it to fall further. One risk that everyone is concerned about is food prices. This episode is supported by Economic Research Southern Africa and the NWU Business School . Errors and omissions are my own.

Juliemaand se verbruikersprysinflasiesyfer word later vandag bekend gemaak en ekonome verwag dat dit verder gaan daal. Een risiko waaroor almal bekommerd is, is voedselpryse. Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur Economic Research Southern Africa en die NWU Sakeskool . Foute en weglatings is my eie.

Economists agree that the Brics summit may sound like it is about the economy, but it is actually about politics. Here's my 2 cents too. This episode is supported by the NWU Business School . Errors and omissions are my own.

Ekonome is dit eens dat die Brics beraad dalk klink of dit oor die ekonomie gaan, maar eintlik gaan dit oor politiek. Hier is ook my 2 sent. Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur die NWU Sakeskool . Foute en weglatings is my eie.

This week's Brics summit will dominate economic news. When you think about the challenges we face, I wonder how many of them can be solved by the Brics countries. So I would rather say something about last week's big summit of seven opposition parties and the Multiparty Charter for South Africa. This episode is supported by the Bureau of Economic Research in Stellenbosch and the NWU Busine...

Hierdie week se ekonomiese nuus gaan oorheers word deur die Brics beraad. As mens dink aan die uitdagings wat ons in die gesig staar wonder ek hoeveel van hulle deur die Brics lande opgelos kan word. Dus wil ek eerder iets sê oor verlede week se groot saamtrek van sewe opposisie partye en die Veelpartyhandves vir Suid-Afrika. Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur die Buro vir Ekonomiese Ondersoek i...

In South Africa we easily talk about an economic crisis, but what happens when a country can no longer repay foreign debt and inflation runs above 70%? In Sri Lanka you no longer get powdered milk for your tea. This episode is supported by the NWU Business School . Errors and omissions are my own.

In Suid-Afrika praat ons maklik van ʼn ekonomiese krisis, maar wat gebeur wanneer ʼn land nie meer buitelandse skuld kan terugbetaal nie en inflasie bo 70% draai? In Sri Lanka kry jy nie meer poeiermelk vir jou tee nie. Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur die NWU Sakeskool . Foute en weglatings is my eie.

The Covid-19 pandemic and recent food price inflation has had consequences for consumers and retail grocers and in the past week there have been interesting reports about the malls in the townships and about spaza shops that I would like to share. This episode is supported by the NWU Business School . Errors and omissions are my own.

Die Covid-19 pandemie en onlangse voedselprysinflasie het gevolge ingehou vir verbruikers en kleinhandel kruideniers en die afgelope week was daar interessante berigte oor die malls in die townships en oor spazawinkels wat ek graag wil deel. Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur die NWU Sakeskool . Foute en weglatings is my eie.

Statistics South Africa released the second quarter's labour force survey data yesterday and there was some good news. The official unemployment rate decreased by 0.3 percentage points from 32.9% in the first quarter to 32.6%. This episode is supported by Economic Research Southern Africa and the NWU Business School . Errors and omissions are my own.

Statistieke Suid-Afrika het gister die tweede kwartaal se arbeidsmag opname data bekend gemaak en dit het ʼn bietjie goeie nuus in gehad. Die amptelike werkloosheidskoers het met 0,3 persentasiepunte afgeneem vanaf 32,9% in die eerste kwartaal tot 32,6%. Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur Economic Research Southern Africa en die NWU Sakeskool . Foute en weglatings is my eie.

The results of the quarterly labour force survey are released today and everyone is worried that the unemployment rate is going to look even worse. In the first quarter, according to the narrow definition, it stood at 32.9%. I can talk again about slow economic growth due to load shedding etc., but only part of South Africa's unemployment problem is cyclical. The bigger issue is the causes and...

Die resultate van die kwartaallikse arbeidsmag-opname word vandag bekend gemaak en almal is bekommerd dat die werkloosheidkoers nog slegter gaan lyk. In die eerste kwartaal het dit volgens die eng definisie op 32,9% gestaan. Ek kan weer praat oor stadige ekonomie groei as gevolg van beurtkrag ens, maar net ʼn deel van Suid-Afrika se werkloosheidsprobleem is siklies. Die groter vraagstuk is die oors...

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 This episode is supported by the Bureau for Economic Research in Stellenbosch and NWU Business School . Errors and omissions ar...

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 wegla...

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. This episode is supported by the NWU Business School . 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.

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. This episode is supported by the NWU Business School . 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. Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur 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 S...

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 ....

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.

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 Western Cape government announced a growth plan last week which aims to grow the provincial economy by 4 to 6% and create 600 000 new jobs by 2035. Economic geography has always interested me and I wondered what recommendations I can make from the academic literature. This episode is supported by the Bureau for Economic Research in Stellenbosch and the NWU Business School . Errors and omission...