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Issuing additional short-term government bonds to increase funding for COVID-19 Relief

In a follow up to a brief published in May 2020 on the same topic, this brief explores the possibility of allocating to buyers the full amount of short-term, ...

Third Quarter Production And Employment Statistics - Some Puzzles

This is the final Brief in the series with all the statistical information about production and employment in the third quarter having now been published. This ...

The Era of Pandemics: Tomorrow's Forever Wars

We are now more than 250 days into our 21-day lockdown, with Ramaphosa and his Command Council claiming for themselves the power to legislate every aspect of ...

Human Settlements In The Metros

This Brief discusses the Department of Human Settlements’ proposed re-orientation of its policies.

The July To September Quarterly Labour Force Survey

Production in the South African economy has bounced back quite sharply since July. This Brief explores what the Quarterly Labour Force Survey tells us about ...

September Production, Rates Of Profit And Loanable Funds

This Brief updates our understanding of the economy and how it has bounced back. It also considers trends in profitability since the beginning 2014, and ...

Foreign Nationals In Gauteng’s Informal Retail Sector

This brief looks at some important facts behind the informal retail sector, specifically with regards to competition between local and foreign traders, and ...

The African Continental Free Trade Area has been established. What now?

This brief examines the recent establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area and its importance within the context of intra-African trade.

The Political Economy Of The Economic Reconstruction And Recovery Plan

The government’s economic policy cards are on the table. Government policy attempts to achieve two goals simultaneously: to ward off an impending fiscal ...

Financing Government Debt

The Medium Term Budget Policy Statement, tabled in Parliament on 28 October 2020, projects that the government will need to issue above 50% more short-term and ...