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Dr Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist of FNB, joined the bank in May 1985. Prior to this, he held various positions in industry and banking; as corporate planner for Shell in CT and as economist for Standard Bank and Senbank in Jhb. He also lectured in finance and marketing at Wits. Dr Bruggemans is a graduate of Stellenbosch University, from which he holds a D.Com in economics, as well as an MBA from Cape Town. He is a Honorary Professor of Economics at Stellenbosch University.

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February 2010 - Posts

A well-anchored economic policy

  
 
The budget speech laid out a thoughtful approach to the reality we find ourselves in following the global financial crisis of 2008 and the deep recession of 2009 which also left its mark on South Africa. Having maintained his spending growth while his...

Posted: Feb 18 2010, 11:19 AM | Views: 125 | Ratings: 1 | Comments: 0

 

Markets as accelerated change agents

  
 
Having made the point in an earlier article (On the verge of another nervous breakdown) that the psychological behaviour of crowds can easily lead to uncontrolled generalized panics, there is also the consideration that markets in specific instances can...

Posted: Feb 09 2010, 12:47 PM | Views: 91 | Ratings: 1 | Comments: 0