Flash Briefing: SA won't recover from Covid for at least 4 years - OECD; SARB governor protests school racism

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* South Africa has tightened up measures aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19.
* South Africa, forecast to have one of the slowest economic recoveries in the world, is unlikely to recover before 2025, according to the to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
* In markets from South Africa to Mexico and South Korea, traders are penciling in a faster pace of interest-rate hikes than what economists say is currently warranted based on the inflation outlook.
* South Africa’s central bank governor has entered the fray over pupil diversity at schools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
31 May 2021 11AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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