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Traditional rand standby

By Prieur du Plessis, on August 19th, 2008 posted in: South Africa

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By Cees Bruggemans

With commodities broadly in retreat, driven along by global perceptions of sharply braking growth, especially in richer industrialised countries, we have a traditional escape valve.

Rand depreciation.

Will this once again come into play, and with what kinds of broader consequences?

So far the rand has [...]

Poll: Grading Bernanke & Paulson

By Prieur du Plessis, on August 19th, 2008 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

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On the one-year anniversary of the credit crisis it makes for interesting debate to reflect on how well the situation has been handled by Messrs Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson. I have therefore deemed it appropriate to ask your assistance to assess the gentlemen’s performance by means of a quick poll. [...]

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