Finance minister Pravin Gordhan, his deputy Mcebisi Jonas, and Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago.
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The decision to give former Eskom CEO, Brian Molefe, a seat in the country’s parliament comes with the potential to cause great economic pain for South Africa.
South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has a tough job of rekindling a weak economy.
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With stalled economic growth and threats of credit rating downgrade, South Africa’s 2017/18 budget will need to dig deep to foster recovery.
Gains, but there may be pains.
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Investors have given Donald Trump the thumbs up, so far, but trader sentiment can’t be guaranteed.
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The GOP has a proposal on the table that could send shockwaves through the tax avoidance industry.
The South African economy just narrowly escaped a credit rating downgrade but it is not in the clear yet.
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South Africa is breathing a sigh of relief after escaping a credit rating downgrade. But there are still serious concerns around structure of the country’s economy and finances.
Reading straight from Ed Balls’ playbook.
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Hammond has taken an oddly similar stance to former shadow chancellor Ed Balls: running a deficit and boosting infrastructure spending.
South Africa’s currency, the rand, has been highly volatile recently.
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South Africa’s central bank should urgently insulate the rand from further financial chaos by imposing tighter exchange controls.
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Scotland’s numbers look far worse than the UK’s.
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The Land Registry is a valuable asset – so why not keep it in state hands, for the public good?
The temporary deficit levy is a tempting revenue raiser for any political party.
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Labor is arguing that Australia should keep the temporary deficit levy, a tax introduced by the Coalition government to help reduce the budget deficit.
Major economic indicators have not changed since the federal budget.
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Treasury is standing by the assumptions made in the federal budget.
Recent budgets have all failed spectacularly at achieving debt targets.
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Yet another budget making claims of a gradual decline in government debt. But the credit rating agencies want us to keep these promises - or else.
In-out, in-out, shake it all about.
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The credit-ratings agencies are already circling to cut the UK’s grade if it votes to leave the EU. Here’s how their calculations work, and what we should do about it.
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said the government is continuing to reduce the deficit and debt.
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The finance minister says the government is reducing the deficit and debt and lowering the spending growth trajectory of the previous government. Is that right?
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Your simple guide to the budget deficit, how the money will be spent and the savings measures we can expect in the years ahead.
Fundamental shifts in the Australian economy have resulted in structural budget deficit.
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In our federal budget explainer series, Guay Lim explains what Australia’s structural deficit really means.
The continuation of Barnett is sure to meet opposition from other parties.
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From autonomy to responsibility: the SNP’s manifesto goes beyond the Scottish border.
The UK economy is more sleepy than happy.
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The main parties are spending most of their time arguing over the speed and extent of cuts, when they should be talking about growth.
Cutting the deficit and growing the economy are central to the Labour Manifesto.
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A key tenet of the Labour Party’s manifesto is reducing the budget deficit year-on-year through the lifetime of the next parliament.
Dubious claims?
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The Conservatives are campaigning on the idea that they have succeeded at reducing the UK’s fiscal deficit. But deficit reduction has been an economic failure.