Is SA heading into economic crisis? Independent economist Dr Azar Jammine assesses
Dr Azar Jammine shares his opinion on whether Tito Mboweni has put together a budget that can push SA away from an economic crisis.
Dr Azar Jammine shares his opinion on whether Tito Mboweni has put together a budget that can push SA away from an economic crisis.
Econometrix chief economist Azar Jammine explained why IMF’s warnings need to be heeded and how the Ramaphosa Administration is running out of time to convince its political allies to come on side – or reap some rather awful consequences.
Azar Jammine from Econometrix said there appears to be an increase in emigration, but remains positive that Ramaphosa could surprise the doomsdayers.
A Deloitte report that reveals JSE Top 100 company executives earn on average about R69 000 a day points to why capitalism will fail, not only in South Africa, but around the world.
Azar Jammine explains in this superb analysis of the official GDP figures for the first quarter of 2017, bad politics finally caught up with the country and has now smashed the economy’s resilience.
A combination of factors points to the most probable outcome for the Rand being a gradual depreciation over time, albeit with short-term volatility, says Azar Jammine.
Azar Jammine is the second economist to drop his GDP forecast as a direct result of the impact from SA president Jacob Zuma’s firing of his finance minister Pravin Gordhan.
In another excellent contribution, independent economist Azar Jammine applies his mind to the latest blow to SA’s economy – the departure of Treasury’s director-general Lungisa Fuzile.
Azar Jammine thinks the incredibly far-reaching Cabinet reshuffle suggests that President Zuma has replaced all his opponents within the Cabinet with persons likely to reciprocate his patronage.
Azar Jammine frets that the fresh evidence of political turmoil in SA may trigger the last of the three ratings agencies to report, S&P, to drop the country’s debt to junk on Friday.