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MTBPS laden with negative headlines but devil in the detail

By Janice Roberts at New Media
24 October 2018 • 1 min read

Nazmeera Moola, co-Head of Fixed Income, Investec Asset Management

By Nazmeera Moola, Deputy MD, Investec Asset Management.

At first glance Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s maiden Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) does not paint a pretty picture and the market is likely to hate it. The headlines in particular are dreadful: the consolidated deficit rises to 4% this year, raising the spectre of a Moody’s downgrade, debt issuance over the next three years rises by R55bn and debt only peaks in 2024/25. (more…)


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