Martin Gustafsson

Associate Professor
 
Title: Prof
Email: [protected email address]
Phone: +27 82 853 5951
Office: Based in Tshwane/Pretoria
 
Research interests:
Economics of education (including teacher pay), development economics, cross-country comparisons in education, education policy design, research-policymaking linkages, applied econometrics, multi-year modelling of financial and non-financial values in education planning.
 
Courses lectured:
Economics of education (in collaboration with University of the Witwatersrand)

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30 May 2025 SARB sees scope to cut the repo rate, while some of Trump’s tariffs are put on hold
Locally, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) decided to cut the repo rate by 25bps to 7.25% (prime to 10.75%). The dovish tilt with all six members voting for a cut (and one even preferring a 50bps cut) was surprising – but welcome. Furthermore, the clear signalling around moving to a 3% inflation target is positive and...

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BER Weekly

30 May 2025 SARB sees scope to cut the repo rate, while some of Trump’s tariffs are put on hold
Locally, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) decided to cut the repo rate by 25bps to 7.25% (prime to 10.75%). The dovish tilt with all six members voting for a cut (and one even preferring a 50bps cut) was surprising – but welcome. Furthermore, the clear signalling around moving to a 3% inflation target is positive and...

Read the full issue