The Department
Debra Shepherd
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Phone: +27 (0)21 808 2246
Office: Schumann 615
Research interests:
Micro-econometrics, Development Economics, Economics of Education, Labour Economics, Stratification Economics, Identity Economics, Social Norms and Social Capital
Courses lectured:Microeconomics 114, Development Economics 871, Economics 388 (labour economics - tutor), Microeconomics 771 (Game theory - tutor), Economics 214 (Macroeconomics - tutor), Economics of Education 771 (tutor)
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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