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Will Minister Gordhan’s Budget be enough to prevent a further sovereign downgrade for South Africa?

By Janice Roberts at New Media
24 February 2016 • 1 min read

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The broad reaction of Global Credit Ratings (GCR) to today’s budget speech is that it was a pragmatic approach by the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, against a backdrop of subdued economic growth, twin deficits, and a rising trend of government debt to GDP. The key question is “was it enough to prevent a further sovereign downgrade?”

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