The Week In Perspective

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has reached 95% of the five-year, R1.2-trillion investment target he set when he launched his investment drive in 2018, and he expects that companies that have pledged new investments at his four conferences will give others the confidence to follow suit.

The Reserve Bank hiked by 25 basis points as expected but the hawks are circling as two members called for 50…as Asian shares completed a second successive week of gains on Friday, though trading was choppy amid hawkish U.S. monetary policy, shifts in Chinese economic policy, and ongoing ructions in commodity markets due to the war in Ukraine.

To put the week in perspective, 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 join Michael Avery.
25 Mar 2022 7AM English South Africa Business · Business News

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