How South Africa stumbled into a fiscal trap
Ever-increasing debt servicing costs and unforeseen shocks could throw off the Treasury’s plans for fiscal stabilisation
03 March 2024 - 00:00
Over the past decade, the interest rate that South Africa pays on its debt has consistently been above the economic growth rate. Mathematically, this means that debt grows as a percentage of GDP. It becomes a “vicious circle”...
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