South Africa's central bank trimmed its main lending rate as expected on Thursday, its third cut in a row, but it placed ...

With inflation inching up to 3% last December, financiers are anticipating a 25-basis point interest rate cut this Thursday.

European countries are also set to impose ... rand and a higher oil price does not bode well for South Africa’s inflation and interest rate trajectory. The fuel price looks set to increase ...

Global central bankers are poised to cut borrowing costs further in 2025, but only warily — and with a keen eye on the policies of incoming US President Donald Trump. While almost all major ...

Other risks include escalating geopolitical tensions, higher inflation, and more extreme weather events ... the Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa, supported by robust ...

South Africa needs a credible plan to stabilise and reduce debt or it risks economic stagnation and financial instability.

But Trump’s second trade war is shaping up to be much different from his first. The president’s ambitions for a reordering of ...

December inflation ... other concessions to reduce the $56 billion bilateral trade deficit and stave off the threat of tariffs. Europecategory Russian drones injure four in Ukraine's south ...

According to the UN report, the near-term economic outlook for South ... rates in 2024. It said that interest payments have risen significantly since the pandemic—particularly in countries ...

“Countries cannot ignore these perils. In our interconnected economy, shocks on one side of the world push up prices on the other ... Nigeria, and South Africa. However, conflicts, rising ...

That's because the cost of living and inflation rates can ... these poorest countries in the world and examine the underlying causes contributing to their economic challenges. South Sudan, the ...