Economic news of the week: Unemployment expected to spike amid mass retrenchments
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In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re looking at the economics news of the week as higher unemployment looms large on SA.
Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Dawie Roodt, chief economist at Efficient Group to explore the issues.
The discussion focuses on the risk of increased unemployment, an outlook for inflation, how economists like Roodt are keeping track of economic activity, how the lifting of lockdown restrictions is going and the progress of the state’s response to the crisis.
Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Dawie Roodt, chief economist at Efficient Group to explore the issues.
The discussion focuses on the risk of increased unemployment, an outlook for inflation, how economists like Roodt are keeping track of economic activity, how the lifting of lockdown restrictions is going and the progress of the state’s response to the crisis.