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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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BER Weekly
11 Oct 2024The domestic data releases were mixed this week, with a downtick in manufacturing in August and mining output looking a little better. There were some positive steps on the reform front, but also disappointments, with a setback on port reform. The international economic newsflow focussed on the US monetary policy outlook, with markets now scaling back...
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BER Weekly
11 Oct 2024The domestic data releases were mixed this week, with a downtick in manufacturing in August and mining output looking a little better. There were some positive steps on the reform front, but also disappointments, with a setback on port reform. The international economic newsflow focussed on the US monetary policy outlook, with markets now scaling back...
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