Ten years after the crash

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It's a decade since the global financial crisis shook the world’s financial system. The policy response prevented a global depression, but in the process rewrote the textbook on monetary policy. Professor Brian Kantor, Chief Economist and strategist for Investec Wealth & Investment, examines the response – and then looks beyond, with particular lessons for South Africa.
31 Oct 2018 English South Africa Business

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