The Week In Perspective

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Asian shares extended a global slump on Friday after the fastest U.S. inflation in four decades and a hawkish European Central Bank (ECB) bolstered expectations for more aggressive rate hikes, hammering sentiment already stung by the Ukraine war.
Sellers swarmed Chinese equity markets after U.S.-listed Chinese stocks tumbled following the naming of the first Chinese firms to be potentially de-listed in the United States.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine entered its third week as oil has whipsawed from 139 dollars barrel to 110 this morning.
While locally loadshedding has dampened the better than expected Business Confidence index out yesterday.

Let’s welcome the panel: Warwick Lucas Head of Galileo Securities; Raymond Parsons, professor in the School of Business and Governance at Northwest University & Isaah Mhlanga, Chief Economist at Alex Forbes
11 Mar 2022 6AM English South Africa Business · Business News

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