Articles about
Central banks

Senior portfolio manager Charles de Kock reflects on a quarter in which renewed Middle East conflict pushed oil prices sharply higher, central banks reacted with further rate hikes, and rising bond yields weighed on sovereign bond investors.

While economic recovery challenges still abound, the likelihood of South Africa tumbling into a debt trap within the next five years has, thankfully, diminished.

“If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has.” – Economist John Maynard Keynes