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A Brief Economic Outlook on South Africa
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a big shock to sub-Saharan Africa and led to its first downturn in 30 years- threatening to wipe out decades of economic progress.
Uneven Economic Recovery in 2021
One of the most challenging years in modern history is finally over; leaving the world with serious political and social uncertainties that emerged due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Many countries were under strict lockdowns in 2020 against the spread of the Covid-19...
Why Origami?
From a flat piece of paper, the process and adaptation of various folds has endless possibilities. The folds, many of them in a triangular shape which is the strongest, sturdiest shape, creates linked polygon lines that symbolizes big data connections. When attempting...
A brief look at Kenya
Kenya has had a sustained GDP growth over the past decade with an average growth rate of 4.6 percent in annual basis. In 2019, the economic growth was 5.4 percent, making the country to be one of the fastest expanding economies of Sub-Saharan Africa. Annual GDP...
Economic Indicators to Watch
Just like human health, the overall health of an economy is also recognized through signs and symptoms. Sometimes indicators give us strong and healthy signs showing that the economic conditions are favourable and sometimes those signs turn out to be poor, indicating...
Staying Agile In Financial Data World
In the recent years business agility has been a hot topic. Some businesses with “early adopter” characteristics have been able to successfully gear their organisations for agility, whilst many have been slower out of the starting blocks. It is not that the plans to...
Buy Side vs. Sell Side
In the Investment Banking industry, it is essential to know the difference between the buy side and the sell side. In fact both are indispensable to each other. Sell side which refers to selling the securities to investors makes up one half of the finance market and...
Coronavirus Effect on Finance & Economic News
Coronavirus: Nearly a million universal credit claims in past two weeks | BBC ECONOMY Nearly a million people have applied for universal credit benefits in the past fortnight as the coronavirus pandemic has worsened. The Department for Work and Pensions said 950,000...
Coronavirus Effect on Finance & Economic News | March 23-29 | EquityRT
Coronavirus: Record number of Americans file for unemployment | BBC The number of Americans filing for unemployment has surged to a record high as the economy goes into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly 3.3 million people registered to claim jobless...
Coronavirus to spark global recession
While the loss of human life is the most critical aspect of an epidemic, the spread of a virus can also have a huge toll for national economies. The countries are affected through health, transportation, agriculture, tourism and foreign trade channels. The global...
Coronavirus effect on Global Economy and Stock Market | 23 March | EquityRT
Coronavirus effect on Global Economy and Stock Market. We listed the news about this topic. For the first time in 228 years, the New York Stock Exchange will open without its trading floor For the first time in its 228-year history, the New York Stock Exchange will...
Relationship Between Gold and Oil in Financial Markets
In the financial markets, gold is usually attributed to the “commodities” category. Along with gold, other metals such as silver, platinum, copper are also ascribed to this asset class. Commodities comprise a wide range of products in the like of cocoa, cotton, crude...