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Shireen Darmalingam

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Macroeconomic Analyst
South Africa

Shireen Darmalingam is a Macroeconomics Analyst at Standard Bank Research. Her thematic research and insight provides valuable views on South African economic affairs. Shireen graduated from the University of Cape Town with an Honours degree in Business Science. She is currently enrolled at the University of the Witwatersrand for a Masters degree in Commerce with an economics major. Shireen joined Standard Bank in 2001.

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– Rand holding up well

by Shireen Darmalingam Tue Jul 16 08:08:37 SAST 2019

•H1:19 suffered much political uncertainty before the SA national elections in May. This, and the persistent risk of further power cuts, as well as global headwinds and risks, saw a …

The SA Daily – Repo cut priced in

by Shireen Darmalingam Mon Jul 15 08:06:07 SAST 2019

The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee will meet this week on monetary policy. Bloomberg consensus is for a repo rate cut of 25 bps, from 6.75% to 6.5%. …

The SA Daily – Rand ruled by all risks

by Shireen Darmalingam Fri Jul 05 08:32:26 SAST 2019

The weak rand of the last two decades can be ascribed not just to domestic but also to international risk factors. Already in 2000, it had lost 28%. Then, after …

– Confidence still soft

by Shireen Darmalingam Thu Jul 04 08:50:17 SAST 2019

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) business confidence index for June remained below the benchmark 100, at 93.3 pts (93.0 pts in May). It’s been below 95 …

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– Rand holding up well

The SA Daily – Repo cut priced in

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– Confidence still soft