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Podcast: WorldWide Markets with Simon Brown
Episode: Another recession (#390)
Description: Simon Shares Recession, surely nobody surprised? Growth lower for longer. The budget is certainly designed to help, but the R160billion cut from pubic sector wage bill is not going to be easy. Likely we'll also now get at least 2 rate cuts this year, each 0.25% minimum. Last week of February was the worst week for global markets since 2008. It was violent and it's not going away. COVID-19 marches on. Of note, 94k sick but 3.4k dead. With mortality of 1% it should be 300k sick and at 2% mortality it should be 160k sick. Are markets ready for the...