The increase in pump prices introduced on 8 October fuelled a rise of 0.4 percent inflation for the month. In September, inflation was recorded at 8.4...
Govt warn of looming price increases post SoE As the State of Emergency (SoE), originally enforced last April and extended twice, draws to an end, it...
A rebound in economic activity will be largely dependent on a successful Covid-19 vaccine rollout. This was said by the Bank of Botswana Governor, Moses Pelaelo...
Inflation only expected to slow next year The last two months have seen inflation shooting up and even breaching the Bank of Botswana’s upper bound of...
A quarterly survey by the Bank of Botswana, known as the Business Expectation Survey (BES), has revealed that local businesses are optimistic about economic recovery in...
A recent study by the Bank of Botswana (BoB) has found that by the end of December 2019, household debt in the country totaled P50.7 billion....
The Financial Stability Report has found the size of housing finance, as estimated by mortgages, to be substantially lower than regional standards. By September this year,...
The property market has generally seen an improvement in the second quarter of the year, with the residential segment performing better during this period than in...
Local businesses anticipate an increase in cost pressures Local businesses have indicated that they expect cost pressures to increase marginally during the fourth quarter of this...
BPC liabilities exceed assets by over P1 billion – Auditor General In her latest report, The Auditor-General, Pulane Letebele has expressed concern that currently, Botswana Power...
After slashing the bank rate by 50 basis points from 4.75 percent to 4.25 percent at the end of April, the central bank has at its...
The central bank Governor, Moses Pelaelo, says the development of money and capital markets in Botswana needs to be improved. Speaking this week during the launch...
Businesses expect good trading conditions this year The business community expects trade conditions to improve during the first quarter of 2020. Indeed, the quarterly Business Expectations...
The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Dr Thapelo Matsheka has poured scorn on the country’s fiscal path, calling it unsustainable. When presenting the 2020/2021 Budget...