Carina Smit

Lecturer (Part-time)
 
Title: Ms
Email: [protected email address]
Phone: +27 (0)21 808 2898
Office: Schumann 506A
 
Research interests:
Economics of Education (Teaching and Learning) and Student Support
 
Courses lectured:
Economics 288

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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