BUSINESSThe role of the SA Reserve Bank has been brought into question yet again as the Covid-19 pandemic tears through the country and the economy.Some economists and analysts have called for the bank to expand its existing mandate and use other monetary policy tools at its disposal to help pull South Africa out of its…
The Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee is to make a decision on the repo rate this week.Economists have pencilled in a cut of 25 bps, but there are calls for more aggressive cuts and quantitative easing.Quantitative easing should be accompanied by structural reforms to be effective, or it risks being destructive.Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago…
(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) As Grace Griffin and her husband were welcoming their long-awaited baby — a daughter — Griffin found herself worried about looming medical bills and unsure if their family could pay for the care they needed. “This whole experience has me wondering (keeping me up at night, actually): Can we ever afford
LYON, France — Halving the dose of antenatal betamethasone given to prevent severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants does not appear to affect later intelligence quotient (IQ) scores or other measures of neurodevelopment, suggests a follow-up study of a randomized trial. However, it is unclear from the present data, presented at the Congress of
After years of searching for affordable health insurance, Trey Wright discovered Georgia Pathways to Coverage. The state’s limited Medicaid expansion program allowed the 27-year-old living in the rural city of Jesup in southeastern Georgia to finally visit a primary care doctor regularly. It also covered weekly shots to manage an array of allergies, saving him