Five tips for developing and managing your budget – even in tough economic times
THERE’S nothing quite like a new year to prompt us to take stock of our lives, our health, our goals
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Tunisia cenbank warns of consequences if inflation rockets
TUNISIA’S central bank governor warned inflation could spiral out of control if it did not raise interest rates, a day
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Analysis: UK slips towards recession, heaping pressure on next PM to help
WILLIAM SCHOMBERG BRITAIN’S slide towards a recession has gathered momentum after data this week showed inflation jumping above 10%, wages
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Impoverished Zimbabweans turn to scrap metal trade as inflation bites
NYASHA CHINGONO SHEPHERD Chowe pushes a cart filled with tins, iron rods and other metallic objects down a dusty pathway
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Explainer: Why Ghana has returned to the IMF
COOPER INVEEN and RACHEL SAVAGE Hundreds took to the streets of Ghana’s capital Accra last week to protest over its
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Zimbabwe to introduce gold coins as local currency tumbles
ZIMBABWE’S central bank said it would start selling gold coins this month as a store of value to tame runaway
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South Africa’s economy has taken some heavy body blows: can it recover?
ECONOMISTS are growing increasingly concerned about South Africa’s economy. This is because the country’s three major macroeconomic problems – lacklustre
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Inflation should be viewed as public enemy number 1: here’s why
INFLATION is a process of sustained increases in the general price level over a period of time, typically 12 months.
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Nigeria’s women shopkeepers forced to scale back as prices soar
PELUMI SALAKO THE freezers at Mama Tee’s frozen food shop used to be brimming with chicken, turkey cuts and the
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Sudan’s basic income scheme aims to ease economic pain
NAFISA ELTAHIR and ELTAYEB SIDDING FOR Intisar Altayib, who ekes out a living drawing henna tattoos in Khartoum, soaring prices
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