Protectionism Leaves Agriculture GDP Falling Short
Botswana is yet to rip the full benefits of the restrictions on imports of some agricultural products imposed last year ...
Tag: Dr. Keith Jefferis
Power Plays and Fuel Fumbles
Economic think tank Econsult has highlighted the impact of maintaining artificially low inflation through subsidies, emphasising the burden it places ...
Wages take up a large chunk of gov’t spending
An economist at First National Bank Botswana (FNBB) pointed out that allocating a larger portion of government spending to wages ...
“The Government Invests in Wrong Areas”
The target that is laid down in Vision 2036 is that growth should reach 5.7 percent to achieve high-income status. ...
Cracks emerge in the banking sector
Banks Liquidity falls to 3.9% of total assets Liquidity is not a Panic-Button Issue (Yet) Excess Liquidity falls from P4.7bn ...
The role played by BPOPF, DPF in the liquidity trap
While the poor uptake of government bonds is attributed to pricing dynamics by asset managers, the government’s senior policy advisor ...
Behind the steep price Govt pays for being strapped
The real return on bonds is negative – Kgori Investors require higher yields to earn a positive real return – ...
Protectionism could reverse Botswana’s export-led growth aspirations
It is inconsistent with global integration – Jefferis If we can’t do efficiently, there is no point – Absa economist ...
How Inflation humbled BoB
At the first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting this year, Bank of Botswana governor Moses Pelaelo told the media that ...
Botswana’s pie in the sky
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released its World Economic Outlook report on growth forecast up to 2027 for every ...
