The Department
Hassan Essop
Email: [protected email address]
Phone: +27 (0)21 808 3294
Office: Schumann 403
Research interests:
Local Economic Development, Informal Labour Markets, Public Economics, General.
Courses lectured:Macroeconomics 144, Economics 214 (Macro), Economics 244 (Monetary Policy), Economics 381 (Public Economics)
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BER Weekly
30 March 2020Late Friday night, Moody's downgraded SA's foreign and local currency sovereign credit rating to Ba1 - one notch below investment grade - following a scheduled ratings review. Tragically, SA also recorded its first COVID-19 deaths and cases surged to over 1 200 during the week.In financial markets, the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) announced it would start...
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BER Weekly
30 March 2020Late Friday night, Moody's downgraded SA's foreign and local currency sovereign credit rating to Ba1 - one notch below investment grade - following a scheduled ratings review. Tragically, SA also recorded its first COVID-19 deaths and cases surged to over 1 200 during the week.In financial markets, the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) announced it would start...
Read the full issue