Thu Jun 30, 2016/Reuters South Africa’s ability to maintain its investment-grade credit rating is key to stabilising inflation expectations, Deputy Central Bank Governor Francois Groepe said on Thursday. The South African Reserve Bank has hiked the key benchmark rate – now standing at 7 percent – by a cumulative 200 […]
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AfDB, Morocco ink US $134.65 million loan agreement to improve social protection, inclusion
June 30, 2016/AfDB The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Morocco have signed a loan agreement amounting to US $134.65 million to improve social protection and inclusion in the Kingdom. “The Social Protection Governance Support Programme is an ambitious one,” said AfDB Acting Vice-President for Agriculture, Water, Human Development, Governance and […]
Wall Street slightly higher as focus shifts from Brexit
June 30, 2016/Reuters U.S. stocks were slightly higher at the open on Thursday as investors turned their focus to broader economic factors and Brexit took a backseat. The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 32.09 points, or 0.18 percent, at 17,726.77, the S&P 500 .SPX was up 5.17 points, […]
