Business body calls for more debate on proposed grant saying it is a 'forever' decision that can’t be taken lightly.

And the country lost close to a million jobs supported by the industry – BER.

‘We can't find any evidence in the work we've done over many years to evidence a relationship between interest rates and investment spending’: Dr Adrian Saville – investment specialist, Genera Capital.

Tshepiso Moahloli's departure follows that of Roy Havemann, Catherine MacLeod, Ian Stuart and Khetha Dlamini, all senior Treasury staff.

And the prime lending rate of commercial banks remains at a five-decade low of 7%.

Watch as Lesetja Kganyago delivers his statement.

Alexander Forbes executive chief economist Isaah Mhlanga considers recent constructive changes in the SA economy, US interest rates, local government elections and the medium-term budget policy statement.

But there is continued pessimism in the sector, justified by ‘underlying indicators relating to activity and profitability’ – economist.

Central banks need to set out clear strategies for coping with inflation risks as the world economy experiences faster-than-expected cost increases amid an uneven recovery from the pandemic, the OECD said.

Amid hopes the fallout from Chinese property firm Evergrande's debt debacle might be contained.

Challenges abound but SA can be more optimistic about the medium-term outlook than a year or six months ago: BER.

Sentiment was aided by a positive performance by food and hardware retailers.

Or face government running out of money to pay its bills sometime in October.

But looting and the Transnet cyberattack in July ‘will most certainly reverse these gains’ – Busa president.

The high unemployment rate coupled with loss of income means consumers are affording less than they used to.