Pula–Rand exchange rate: a pain for domestic businesses
The poor performance of the local currency, the Pula, against other foreign currencies such as the South African Rand (ZAR) ...
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Experts expect ERTP to gain pace
As pandemic-induced base effects wear away, barring any global setbacks the sustained recovery in diamond demand will support the recovery ...
BoB plays Catch-Up with Rate Hikes
BoB behind the curve Fitch forecasts policy rate to hit 3.65% in H2 2022, 4.15% in 2023 Fed’s hawkish stance ...
Debswana’s CEEP leads beneficiation
At the recent Botswana Resources Infrastructure Energy Forum in Gaborone, delegates heard that the Debswana Citizen Economic Empowerment Programme (CEEP) ...
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 ...
A tale of the Pula conundrum
Pula is considerably weak from a Trend Perspective – StanChart ZAR will remain resilient in the months ahead – Access ...
Inflation dips slightly in March
Headline inflation dipped by 0.6 percentage points in March, registering 10.0 percent year/year (from 10.6 percent year/year in February). Despite ...
The catch 22 of Serame’s fiscal policy
Govt warned to resist temptation to issue bonds lest it crowds out other participants Crowding out will be felt on ...
Crude realities for Botswana
An upward fuel price adjustment likely – FNBB, Stanchart Under-recoveries have a cumulative position of over P1 billion – Petroleum ...
