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Telkom's surge the talk of the town

Telecommunications heavyweight Telkom remained the talk of the town during the morning session on Monday as news of a potential buyout and negotiations with the UK's Vodafone set pulses racing. However, the market as a whole was mixed as resources ...

From EVAN PICKWORTH, Mail & Guardian Online,  2 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Dow Jones,  BHP Billiton Limited

Mboweni: Drastic measures required after CPIX figures

South African Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni said on Wednesday that the task of the central bank is to maintain inflation in the 3% to 6% target band, and with CPIX (consumer inflation less mortgage costs) now at 10,4%, "drastic" measures are ...

From EVAN PICKWORTH, Mail & Guardian Online,  29 May 2008
Related Topics: Helen Suzman

Chance of a 100 basis point rate hike in June?

Global analysts Lehman Brothers wondered out loud on Friday morning whether some notably hawkish statements by Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni on Thursday might be a signal that a rate hike of 100 basis points could be on the cards come June 12. ...

From EVAN PICKWORTH, Mail & Guardian Online,  23 May 2008
Related Topics: Lehman Brothers

Inflation targeting likely to be reviewed

Inflation targeting is likely to be reviewed, because if South Africa's policymakers only use interest rates as the tool to fight inflation, the country is in for a nasty generational learning experience as the policy will not be removing the cause of ...

From EVAN PICKWORTH, Mail & Guardian Online,  12 May 2008

JSE: Sasol gains as volatility rules roost

South African stocks were mixed in early afternoon trade on Wednesday due to volatility, but the feature of the morning session was a strong gain by synthetic fuel producer Sasol. At 12.25pm, the JSE's broader all-share index was up 0,09%, with the ...

From EVAN PICKWORTH, Mail & Guardian Online,  7 May 2008
Related Topics: Sasol Ltd.,  AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.,  Anglo American plc,  BHP Billiton Limited,  Airtel

Reserve Bank committee starts meeting on rates

One of the most decisive rates meetings yet of the South African Reserve Bank's monetary policy committee (MPC) began on Wednesday morning with "no hitches", according to a bank spokesperson. The meeting will end after lunchtime on Thursday, with the ...

From EVAN PICKWORTH, Mail & Guardian Online,  9 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Lehman Brothers

IMF: Subprime spillover could test emerging markets

While emerging markets have been resilient so far to global market subprime turmoil, global spillovers could test their resilience, said the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) director of monetary and capital markets, Jaime Caruana, on Tuesday at the ...

From EVAN PICKWORTH, Mail & Guardian Online,  8 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Jaime Caruana

Interest-rate hike now looms, say analysts

A senior bond-portfolio manager and an emerging-markets analyst from Lehman Brothers both uttered the same dreaded word soon after reading what Tito Mboweni had said in Parliament on Wednesday: hawkish. In fact, Lehman Brothers now predicts a ...

From EVAN PICKWORTH, Mail & Guardian Online,  26 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Lehman Brothers

SA household debt rises

The South African Reserve Bank quarterly bulletin data on Wednesday showed that household debt was at a new record 77,6% from 77,5% in the third quarter, but gross domestic expenditure dipped to just 0,2% in the fourth quarter from a revised 5,4% (5,75%) ...

From EVAN PICKWORTH, Mail & Guardian Online,  19 Mar 2008

PPI delay giving SA 'a bad reputation'

The rand and bond market in South Africa are at one that the indefinite delay in South Africa's producer price index (PPI) is causing the country's reputation harm on the global stage. Dealers and portfolio managers in the rand and bond markets on ...

From EVAN PICKWORTH, Mail & Guardian Online,  3 Mar 2008

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