Risk Alert | SA investment: where is the money ?
28 March 2022 - In this week's exclusive client Risk Alert, we look at the latest increase in the benchmark repo rate by the South African Reserve Bank and spell out the likely effects on South Africa’s economy.
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We also flag policy own goals as the main deterrent to investment in South Africa — which investment conferences cannot fix — and advise of the rising risk of anti-constitutionalist sentiments among prominent political figures.
On the global front, we caution that the increase in the cost of agricultural inputs will cause disruptions in international food trade as well as raise the likelihood of social unrest and upheaval in parts of the globe.