Department of Economics (Archive)

2021-11-18  Young economist competition 2021 results

2021-05-30  BER / SARB Internship Programme

2021-02-12  Nic Spaull receives P-rating from NRF

2021-02-04  Stellenbosch academics selected as Fellows of new Pan-Afr...

2021-01-19  Department mourns passing of Archie September

2020-12-03  In case you missed it..

2020-11-09  SU team placed second in securities trading game

2020-10-22  Young economist prizes awarded in online ceremony

2020-10-19  Stellenbosch Centenary webinar video available

2020-10-15  Two Stellenbosch professors win Montias prize

2020-08-27  Exciting speakers lined up for Centenary webinar

2020-08-03  Nico Katzke and team voted FM top analysts

2020-07-19  Debra Shepherd wins prestigious Harvard fellowship

2020-04-15  Our response to covid-19

2020-05-18  Willem Wilken wins Schumann medal

2020-05-05  SU researchers lead multi-university study to track econo...

2020-03-20  Cobus Burger wins international data science challenge

2020-03-03  Interdisciplinary collaboration considers road safety and...

2019-12-20  Chancellor's Award awarded to Departmental Chair

2019-12-11  Economics Department in partnership to offer free coding ...

2019-11-12  Trade Wars break out at faculty teambuilding day

2019-11-05  Young Economist 2019

2019-10-08  International Finance 4th Annual FNB Securities Trading Game

2019-10-03  Two Stellenbosch students awarded ESSA Founder's Medal Aw...

2019-09-04  Three Economics professors deliver inaugural lectures

2019-08-16  Department hosts first ever Economics PhD conference

2019-06-28  Ursula Wanza completes PLUS course

2019-05-22  Stellenbosch team reaches finals of Econometric Games

2019-05-21  Martina Mchenga wins ODI international fellowship

2019-04-19  Two Stellenbosch economists appointed to ministerial task...

2019-04-15  Top performing Economics students recognized

2019-02-01  Nedbank and Old Mutual Budget Speech Competition 2018 Fin...

2018-11-22  Anna Orthofer wins Founder's Medal Prize

2018-10-30  Young economist competition 2018 winners announced

2018-10-20  Prof Sampie voted as Faculty's best lecturer during previ...

2018-10-16  Two economists recognised for effective media communication

2018-08-22  International Finance 3rd Annual FNB Securities Trading Game

2018-07-06  Economics department hosts alumni events in New York and ...

2018-05-31  Jac Laubscher on financialisation

2018-05-03  Two Stellenbosch professors appointed to VAT panel

2018-04-13  Budget Speech Competition 2018

2018-04-03  Departmental prizes for top students

2018-03-15  Cape Town Carnival lifts local economy

2018-03-14  Professor Basil Moore dies at 84

2018-03-04  Francois Groepe delivers special lecture

2018-02-19  Emeritus professor Sampie Terreblanche dies at 84

2017-12-04  Makerere Fiscal Policy Workshop

2017-12-04  "The Martha Effect" and other recent working papers

2017-11-02  Thomas Fagart joins Centre for Competition Law and Economics

2017-10-26  Young Economist 2017 winners

2017-10-20  Ruan Erasmus wins 2017 Schroders essay competition

2017-10-02  Liberty Mncube: Concentration is not a dragon from the past

2017-09-27  Rachel Jafta chats to Paul Krugman

2017-09-12  Lewis McLean wins CGW Schumann and ESSA Founder's Medal

2017-08-19  Chair in the Economics of Social Policy​​ renewed

2017-08-10  International Finance 2nd Annual FNB Securities Trading Game

2017-05-18  Newsletter and open day video

2017-05-18  Stellenbosch Students at Western Cape postgraduate confer...

2017-03-30  Postgraduate Cloete medal shared

2017-03-24  Former student Monique Nsanzabaganwa receives honorary do...

2017-03-08  Prof Rachel Jafta honoured

2017-03-06  Rachel Theron wins first runner up at budget speech compe...

2017-03-03  Dr. Rashad Cassim: Unanswered questions in South African ...

2016-12-07  Competition Policy / Industrial Organization opportunities

2016-10-25  2016 Young Economist Competition

2016-10-06  Economics Honours students win Schroders awards

2016-09-05  'Competition policy can help reduce inequality'

2016-05-17  International Finance students compete in trading simulator

2016-04-12  Top students recognized

2016-03-08  Co-authors commemorate Prof Philip Black

2016-02-15  Our team for Econometric Game 2016

2015-12-10  December Newsletter

2015-12-10  Cooperation with Göttingen University delivers first Mast...

2015-11-25  Recent working papers

2015-10-26  Stan du Plessis: Tough choices need to be made

2015-10-20  Young Economist 2015 winners announced

2015-10-15  PhD scholarship available

2015-10-02  Orthofer on SA wealth and income

2015-09-30  Media Economics 2015

2015-09-29  Economics of collusion discussed at ERSA workshop

2015-09-18  Stellenbosch student wins Economic Society of SA (ESSA) p...

2015-08-31  Macro research team members at the 5th macro and monetary...

2015-08-11  LEAP members attend World Economic History Congress in Kyoto

2015-08-03  Recent working papers

2015-07-24  Department's research featured in University publication

2015-07-20  Graduate School scholarships for PhD study

2015-06-25  Department mourns death of Prof Black

2015-06-10  Post-doc in Macroeconomics joins Department

2015-06-04  Stellenbosch alumni ranked high by Financial Mail

2015-05-16  Staff members complete PhDs

2015-05-04  Stellenbosch participates in World Econometric Championship

2015-04-02  Stellenbosch hosts 2015 Postgraduate Conference

2015-04-01  Kuben Naidoo appointed as vice president of the South Afr...

2015-03-22  Best students celebrated at Molenvliet ceremony

2015-01-26  Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Macro-Finance

2014-12-11  Cobras player graduates with Honours degree in Economics

2014-11-17  Research project wins prestigious award

2014-10-23  Young Economist Competition 2014

2014-10-21  Stellenbosch student awarded ESSA prize for best PhD

2014-09-19  New Book by Prof Sampie Terreblanche

2013-10-07  Apply now for Honours and Master's degree studies

2014-07-24  Grade R may lead to further inequality, says ReSEP resear...

2014-07-08  Post-Doctoral research fellowship in Macro-Finance

2014-07-07  Funding available for PhDs in focus areas

2014-07-07  PhD scholarship in Macro-Finance

2014-07-04  Ian Stuart appointed as Research Associate

2014-06-27  Poverty of South Africa's children investigated

2014-06-19  Economics research featured in 2013 Research Report

2014-06-18  Servaas van der Berg appointed SU Distinguished Professor

2014-06-05  Stan du Plessis ranked 4th for Innovative Research by Fin...

2014-05-16  Interview with Servaas van der Berg

2014-05-07  'Inequality likely to stay'

2014-04-10  Andrew Donaldson: Should the South African government red...

2014-04-01  Research on markets and social policy feature in Stellenb...

2014-03-28  Michael Jordaan: 'Economics needs new theories that try t...

2014-03-25  Top student recognises effort of first-year lecturer

2014-03-18  Top economics students recognised

2014-02-18  Department appoints four new Research Associates

2014-01-27  Lant Pritchett visits Stellenbosch

2013-12-11  Prof Stan du Plessis appointed as Dean

2013-12-07  Prof. Basil Moore lost in the Groot Drakenstein mountains...

2013-10-28  Racial Inequality Declines to its Lowest Levels Yet

2013-10-28  Horizontalists and Verticalists: 25 years later

2013-10-16  Young Economist 2013 competition - winners announced

2013-10-10  Stellenbosch students win ESSA Founders' Medals

2013-10-10  Marisa Coetzee wins 2013 Middleton award

2013-10-07  Full-time PhD scholarships

2013-10-07  Stellenbosch well represented at ESSA2013 conference

2013-08-16  Stan du Plessis: State-contingent forward guidance could ...

2013-07-29  Stellenbosch Research Associate in New York Times debate

2013-06-14  Nic Spaull selected as an M&G top 200 young South African

2013-04-18  Prof Jafta new chair of Media24's board of directors

2013-03-20  Prof Sampie Terreblanche receives Honorary Doctorate from...

2013-03-19  Competition policy to the fore

2013-03-07  Economics lecturer nominated for G20 Youth Summit

2013-03-06  Francis Teal visits Stellenbosch

2013-03-06  Research associates boost collaboration

2013-03-06  Best Economics students receive awards

2013-02-27  Neil Rankin appointed as Associate Professor

2013-02-25  Daniel Rubinfeld visits Stellenbosch

2013-02-06  Rachel Jafta delivers inaugural lecture

2013-01-18  Rapid progress in education implausible say SU researchers

2012-12-17  Nico Katzke on proposed tax incentives for household savings

2012-11-14  Department appoints extraordinary professors

2012-10-25  Stan du Plessis at TEDx now on YouTube

2012-10-25  Winners of 2012 Young Economist of the Year announced

2012-10-11  Goals and conduct of monetary policy discussed in preside...

2012-10-08  Apply now for Honours and Master's degree studies in econ...

2012-09-28  Stellenbosch students win ESSA Founder's Medals

2012-09-25  Nic Spaull: Intervening after school is too late

2012-09-25  Prof Kuben Naidoo: Inequality is bad for growth

2012-09-17  National Research Foundation renews Chair in the Economic...

2012-07-18  World Economic History Congress 'huge success'

2012-07-09  Finance minister launches World Economic History Congress

2012-06-18  World Economic History Congress 2012 countdown

2012-04-16  Nic Spaull's work on the crisis in education featured in ...

2012-05-04  Prof Ndikumana to visit Stellenbosch

2012-04-19  Stellenbosch economists win ATKV debating championship

2012-04-18  Postgraduate conference held at Stellenbosch University

2012-03-23  Top performers receive awards

2012-03-20  Department to host Student Conference

2012-02-27  Stellenbosch undergraduate wins Nedbank/Old Mutual Budget...

2011-11-23  Stellenbosch sends three finalists to the 2011 Budget Spe...

2011-10-14  Economics professor wins Outstanding Alumnus award

2011-10-12  PhD student wins top prize

2011-09-27  Marisa Coetzee receives Schumann medal

2011-09-23  Three African Economic History research fellows appointed

2011-09-16  Prof van Zanden's first lecture to address South Africa's...

2011-09-16  On nationalisation: Prof du Plessis delivers ESSA preside...

2011-08-22  Prof Freytag to give first public lecture as honorary pro...

2011-03-30  Examining problems in poor schools

2011-03-10  Department rewards student achievers

2011-02-18  Stellenbosch professor president of ESSA

2011-02-03  A new way to view the South African economy

2010-11-15  Gold standard or political discipline?

2010-11-09  Young economists predict well...

2010-10-25  Seven per cent growth – what will it take?

2010-10-22  Two Economics students awarded prestigious Mandela Rhodes...

2010-10-15  Prof Servaas van der Berg’s findings on poor learner perf...

2010-09-21  Melissa van Rensburg wins Schumann medal

2010-09-20  Stellenbosch to host ESSA Conference in 2011

2010-05-20  Policy briefs to disseminate research

2010-03-26  Top students announced

2010-02-26  Stellenbosch student third in Budget Speech competition

2009-12-03  Stellenbosch has four postgraduate finalists in Budget Sp...

2009-10-15  Winners of Young Economist competition 2009 announced

2009-09-22  Bursaries now available

2009-09-01  The countdown to Stellenbosch 2012 begins

2009-08-17  Postgraduate applications now open

2009-07-14  IMF course offers new insights

2009-04-09  Stellenbosch to host Economics postgraduate student confe...

2009-03-25  Masters student to represent department at World Business...

2009-03-24  Top students honoured at postgraduate function

2009-03-09  Economics lecturers honoured

2009-02-20  Budget speech competition open for entries

2009-02-10  Claudia Keser Lecture

2009-02-04  Congratulations to our Budget Speech finalists

2009-01-26  Samuel Bowles to visit Stellenbosh

2009-01-15  Bursary opportunities from Genesis

2008-11-10  Stellenbosch wins 2012 bid!

2008-10-24  WEHC 2012 bid committee visit Stellenbosch

2008-10-20  Young Economist winners announced

2008-10-15  Honours student wins rector's Succeeding Against the Odds...

2008-10-06  Mboweni at Stellenbosch: 'No room for ideology in financi...

2008-09-29  Economic History workshop builds excitement

2008-09-17  Willem Boshoff graduates with distinction

2008-09-15  Tito Mboweni to visit Stellenbosch

2008-09-03  Rudolf Gouws to speak to first years on Friday

2008-08-27  Postgraduate funding opportunities now available

2008-07-31  New website launched

2008-07-28  Young Economist competition now open

2008-07-28  Harri receives Schumann medal

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Domestically, the theme of the week centred around monetary policy and inflation, with the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) making its first repo rate decision of the year on Thursday. Furthermore, Stats SA released both consumer and producer price inflation data for December. Globally, monetary policy was also important, with the European Central Bank (ECB),...

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26 January 2024
Domestically, the theme of the week centred around monetary policy and inflation, with the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) making its first repo rate decision of the year on Thursday. Furthermore, Stats SA released both consumer and producer price inflation data for December. Globally, monetary policy was also important, with the European Central Bank (ECB),...

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