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Impact of Credit Impulse on Industrial Metals
With the unheard-of levels of monetary and fiscal support in the last year due to the COVID relief programmes, it is no surprise that the credit impulse 12-month average is running at levels last s
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Gold-price is tied to inflation-linked bonds: Is the globe experiencing an inflationary cycle like it did in the 1970s?
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Currency forecasts and the value thereof May to July 2021
It will be interesting to see in next month’s heat map whether the current political turmoil in SA will weigh on forecasts and what the effects thereof will be.
The Rand vs other Emerging Market Currencies
Domestic factors in the form of more intense load shedding could further strain the South African economy. Thus far, the international community has ignored our domestic factors, but for how much l
Currency forecasts and the value thereof
Thus from the above, it follows that should the Fed engage in reverse repos, it is in effect draining money from the system in an event to control money supply.