Bizskoops - 31 October 2024

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On the show today, we take a look at the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement .
# Economist Professor Waldo Krugel gives us his views on the mini-budget speech.
# In international business news… JP Morgan Chase looses thousands with an ATM glitch
# In investment-news… The JSE All Share index gained 15-point-two percent in the quarter to end-September
And, we’ll check in with Chris Hatting from the Center for Risk Analysis to talk about the possibility of an interest rate cut next month
31 Oct 2024 English South Africa Business News · Business

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