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• The SA Daily – Budget taking the right tack

  by Shireen Darmalingam Thu Feb 27 08:20:27 SAST 2020

  Finance Minister Mboweni has tabled Budget 2020. The main budget deficit is estimated at 6.5% of GDP in FY19/20 and 6.8% in FY20/21 (a 30-year high). Consolidation thereafter is slower …

  The SA Daily – Budget: junk down the line

  by Shireen Darmalingam Wed Feb 26 08:06:36 SAST 2020

  Finance Minister Mboweni will present Budget 2020 in parliament today. We foresee an uncomfortably high longer-term fiscal projection. In the Medium-term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in October 2019, he had …

  The SA Daily – Rand dips before Budget

  by Shireen Darmalingam Tue Feb 25 08:17:32 SAST 2020

  The rand is 8.3% weaker now than in early January. It is above its 50-day, 100-day and 200-day moving averages (R14.54/$, R14.65/$ and R14.66/$). It is also considerably weaker than …

  The SA Daily – Budget 2020 centre stage

  by Shireen Darmalingam Mon Feb 24 08:18:10 SAST 2020

  The Budget 2020 this Wednesday will take centre stage. We expect a budget deficit somewhat wider than the MTBPS had forecast for FY19/20 (around 6.5% of GDP, vs 6.2%), similar …