Against most expert’s predictions, the MPC decided to raise interest rates by 50 basis points at their last meeting. To the dismay of manySouth Africans, the MPC might be poised to deliver yet another interest rate hike at the upcoming meeting in May. READ:3 ways to navigate interest rate...
Using the case of four leading African economies, namely Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa, this paper explores the possibility of asymmetric relationship between exchange rate and interest rate differential. In addition, it also tests whether accounting for structural breaks matters for the nex...
A real time operation are those operations which match external activities and proceed at the same rate (e.g., without delay) or faster than that rate of the external activities and/or an external process. Some real-time predictive systems operate at a faster rate as the physical element it...
They were then asked to rate each item (i.e., “Work in the care sector” and “Work in the technology sector”) on a scale ranging from 1 (Many more men) to 3 (Equal numbers of men and women) to 5 (Many more women). Means that significantly differ from the midpoint in the e...
2017), and inflation rate risk (Munk et al. 2004). Investors’ investment decisions focus on maximizing returns and reducing risk. Significant changes in macroeconomic conditions and their effect on market expectations can directly affect asset returns. Inflation predictions are closely related to the...