Medium term budget policy statement (MTBPS) 2009
11 November 2009
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has generally been praised for what seemed like a fairly conservative and responsible approach towards managing fiscal policy through a difficult period.
Announcing the release of Stata 11
30 June 2009
It is our pleasure to announce the release of Stata 11.
Announcing @RISK 5.5 and DecisionTools Suite 5.5
25 June 2009
Building on the worldwide success of @RISK 5.
EIU Special Report: Globalisation stalled
04 June 2009
The economic downturn has brought to light some stark market failures, but it is also eroding support for principles that have underpinned an extraordinary period of business expansion.
Are stock markets predictors of future economic activity?
05 May 2009
Background According to the efficient-markets hypothesis (EMH), financial markets are "informationally efficient".
What Africa needs
07 April 2009
The past seven or eight years have generally been good in terms of economic growth for most African economies.
Steep increase in the deficit: Unavoidable stabilisation measure, or an ominous structural break?
18 February 2009
As usual, most analysts have again heaped praise on Finance Minister Trevor Manuel for the clever way in which he managed to profess his continued commitment to prudent fiscal policy in the 2009 Budget, while also acknowledging and allowing for the effects on SA of the current global economic recession (which he warned could become a depression).
Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index 2008
03 February 2009
The Economist Intelligence Unit have released their Democracy Index 2008 for free.
Deflation threat could send interest rates tumbling
24 November 2008
The global economic outlook is worsening by the day.
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