Improving US inflation data does little to allay rate hike fears

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Independent analyst, Karl Gevers, talks US inflation for March which came in at 5.0%, sending markets higher. Elize Kruger, an independent economist, unpacks the BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index which shows continued deterioration in the local economy. Gizelle Willows of Nudging Financial Behaviour, on the problems with mental accounting as we segregate money.

13 Apr 2023 12AM English South Africa Business News · Business

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