PODCAST
Microfinance: Funding South
Africa’s Hidden Economy
NBFI Series | Episode 03
Small lenders and microfinancers have a huge role to play in shaping South Africa’s post-pandemic economy. Monique Pennells, Head of Non-Bank Financial Institutions at Absa CIB, shares the latest trends in our Absa Insights Series podcast.
Absa Group
FX Series
Interest rates: cuts, consequences and currency reactions
After an interest rate cut in South Africa and a jumbo rate cut in the United States, what’s next for currencies like the rand? Find out in this episode of Coffee Break Commerce.
Absa Group
FX Series
Doctor Copper’s Foreign Exchange Prognosis
The copper price is one of the best predictors of global economic and foreign exchange (forex, or FX) trends. In this episode of Coffee Break Commerce we explain why rand investors should pay closer attention to Doctor Copper.
Absa Group
FX Series
Rands, Dollars, and Hamburgers
What is the Big Mac Index, and what is it telling us about the value of the rand? We take a bite out of this foreign exchange (forex, or FX) yardstick in the latest episode of Coffee Break Commerce.