Estian Calitz

Emeritus Professor and Research Associate
 
Title: Prof
Email: [protected email address]
Phone: +27 (0)21 808 2366
Office: Schumann 509
 
Research interests:
Public Economics, Economic policy
 
Courses lectured:
Macroeconomics 871

BER Weekly

18 Jul 2025 Encouraging data, but messy politics while US tariff deadline looms
The big global data prints of the week came on Tuesday, with better-than-expected Chinese GDP growth for Q2 and US core CPI coming in lower than expected, but still (finally) reflecting some signs of tariffs being passed on to consumers. Locally, the uptick in mining production and retail sales was positive for Q2 GDP dynamics. In addition to the data,...

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