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Chris Harmse

Middle East crisis hits SA markets

Chris Harmse|Published 7 months ago

MARKETS ON MONDAY: South African markets face uncertainty as Middle East tensions escalate. Economist Chris Harmse explores how geopolitical factors are shaping ...

Markets are nervous awaiting US Fed and SARB’s rate decisions

Chris Harmse|Published 7 months ago

MARKETS ON MONDAY: Many investors and analysts in South Africa are of the opinion that the Monetary Policy Committee of the SA Reserve Bank will not lower its repo ...

US recession fears hit financial markets again, but sharp decreases in fuel prices expected

Chris Harmse|Published 7 months ago

MARKETS ON MONDAY: Many investors are nervous that the decision by the US Federal Reserve on interest rates is too late and is behind the cycle. It is feared that ...

Financial markets await US jobs data, SA economic growth data

Chris Harmse|Published 8 months ago

MARKETS ON MONDAY: South African financial markets took a breather last week after three consecutive weeks of robust growth, writes economist Chris Harmse.

World and SA markets recover quickly

Chris Harmse|Published 8 months ago

MARKETS ON MONDAY: Although analysts saw the big sell-off of equities last week as only a healthy correction, investors had remained nervous, writes economist Chris ...

Equity markets suffer despite interest rate prospects

Chris Harmse|Published 9 months ago

THE MARKETS ON MONDAY COLUMN: The continuous fear of worse-than-expected earnings from the top companies in the US and the news of the sudden sharp increase in the ...

Equities and rand remain strong despite global jitters

Chris Harmse|Published 9 months ago

THE MARKETS ON MONDAY COLUMN: The volatility on US markets also created some volatility on South African equity, exchange rate and bond markets. Nevertheless, these ...

Prospects for financial markets remain on the upside

Chris Harmse|Published 9 months ago

THE MARKETS ON MONDAY COLUMN: Share and capital markets continued their second consecutive week of recovery, writes economist Chris Harmse.

Financial markets remain bullish after Ramaphosa picks Cabinet

Chris Harmse|Published 10 months ago

THE MARKETS ON MONDAY COLUMN: The share and capital markets continue their recovery after the previous week’s uncertainty, writes economist Chris Harmse.

Financial markets reflected Cabinet uncertainty

Chris Harmse|Published 10 months ago

Last week demonstrated how fragile and uncertain the first “coalition” government of South Africa will be as the government of national unity (GNU) struggled to ...

Markets remain bullish despite imminent Cabinet announcement

Chris Harmse|Published 10 months ago

THE MARKETS ON MONDAY COLUMN: The financial markets – namely equities, property equities, the rand and the bond market – all had a stronger-than-expected run last ...

Economics versus politics: The markets were the winners

Chris Harmse|Published 10 months ago

OPINION: The uncertainty over how the new government of national unity will function, the make-up of the new Cabinet and the way forward for the new coalition politics, ...

Despite political uncertainty, negative economic growth, financial markets stand their ground

Chris Harmse|Published 10 months ago

THE MARKETS ON MONDAY COLUMN: The uncertainty over how a new government of national unity will look, the new Cabinet, Speaker of the National Assembly and the role ...

Markets suffer on back of US interest rates, local elections

Chris Harmse|Published 11 months ago

THE ‘MARKETS ON MONDAY’ COLUMN: Global equity prices as well as emerging markets’ foreign exchange rates suffered the same fate, writes SA economist Chris Harmse. ...

Financial markets: More of the same?

Chris Harmse|Published 11 months ago

THE MARKETS ON MONDAY COLUMN: The current strong recovery of global and South African financial markets continues, writes economist Chris Harmse.

Financial markets: Is this the beginning of a sharp recovery or a dead cat bounce?

Chris Harmse|Published 11 months ago

THE MARKETS ON MONDAY COLUMN: The answer lies in evaluating the prospects of the world and domestic economy stabilising and being ready for a return to post-Covid-19 ...

Financial markets continue to shine: Rand moves stronger, oil much cheaper

Chris Harmse|Published 1 year ago

THE MARKETS ON MONDAY COLUMN: Global and South African financial markets have continued to recover strongly, writes economist Chris Harmse.

Golden lining to dark cloud over financial market

Chris Harmse|Published 1 year ago

THE MARKETS ON MONDAY COLUMN: Equity prices, the rand exchange rate and bonds recovered strongly, as commodities - especially precious metal prices - remained elevated. ...

Financial markets remain under pressure

Chris Harmse|Published 1 year ago

THE MARKETS ON MONDAY COLUMN: Financial markets across the globe remain under pressure. The continuous threat of a full-scale war in the Middle East, as well as ...

Financial markets remain under pressure

Chris Harmse|Published 1 year ago

THE MARKETS ON MONDAY COLUMN: Local financial markets remain under severe pressure since the beginning of the year. Part of this is due to the South African economy ...

US Fed holds rates amid persistent price pressures

Chris Harmse|Published 1 year ago

THE MARKETS ON MONDAY COLUMN: Analysts now believe the US Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee will only start to lower interest rates during the second part ...

US inflation data not good news for repo rate, rand

Chris Harmse|Published 1 year ago

THE MARKETS ON MONDAY COLUMN: Last week again proved that if the world economy sneezes the South African economy and financial markets catch a cold. The news that ...

Turning point for SA financial markets? Gold at new record level

Chris Harmse|Published 1 year ago

THE MARKETS ON MONDAY COLUMN: Markets have recently shown some signs of improvement after being under pressure for the past six weeks, writes economist Chris Harmse. ...

SA financial markets remain under pressure with fuel prices escalating

Chris Harmse|Published 1 year ago

THE MARKETS ON MONDAY COLUMN: Domestic as well as global economic and political uncertainties continue to put South African financial markets under pressure, writes ...

Budget 2024: Global investor sentiment bad for the rand

Chris Harmse|Published 1 year ago

THE MARKETS ON MONDAY COLUMN: Since last Thursday, ...