Emeritus Professors

Colin McCarthy
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
International Trade and Trade Policy, Regional Economic Integration
Andrie Schoombee
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
Monetary Policy, Financial markets in developing economies
Ben Smit
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
Macroeconomics, International finance

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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