Margaux Giannaros | Economic Research Southern Africa

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Contributor Name: Margaux Giannaros

Margaux Giannaros is a Digital Marketing and Communications Manager at the Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) and a Co-Founder at Pangaea International Gemstone Trading. She worked as a lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand and has an MBA from the Graduate School of Business – University of Cape.

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Margaux Giannaros, Nicola Viegi

December 12, 2024

Whatever it takes, every day: Monetary Policy in an Emerging Economy

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Gracelin Baskaran, Margaux Giannaros

January 7, 2024

Gracelin Baskaran on how environmental policies may impact South African trade

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Isaah Mhlanga, Margaux Giannaros

November 3, 2023

Delivering a difficult MTBPS

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Gracelin Baskaran, Margaux Giannaros

November 3, 2023

Shedding light on AGOA

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Isaah Mhlanga, Margaux Giannaros

October 27, 2023

What do we expect from the MTBPS?

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Daan Steenkamp, Hylton Hollander, Margaux Giannaros

December 15, 2022

A macroeconomic perspective of establishing a basic income grant

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Kelle Howson, Margaux Giannaros, Zimbali Mncube

November 22, 2022

How would providing UBI impact structural poverty?

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Margaux Giannaros, Nicola Viegi

November 15, 2022

Prof Nicola Viegi deciphers the Nobel Prize winning research

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Byron Botha, Daan Steenkamp, Margaux Giannaros

EconData and the world of single source automatable data

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Channing Arndt, Margaux Giannaros

November 19, 2021

Dr Channing Arndt on Building back fairer from the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa

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Isaah Mhlanga, Margaux Giannaros

November 12, 2021

Isaah Mhlanga on a positive MTBPS: getting to know Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana

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Margaux Giannaros, Matthew Stern

Dr Matthew Stern on understanding South Africa’s trade policy and performance

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Andreas Wörgötter, Margaux Giannaros

Prof Andreas Wörgötter on addressing current and persisting challenges in South Africa’...

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Margaux Giannaros, Nicola Viegi

Prof Nicola Viegi on evaluating the near future of monetary policy in SA: Sailing into ...

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Margaux Giannaros, Timothy Köhler

Timothy Köhler on SA’s labour market: is a national lockdown as severe as we think?

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Margaux Giannaros, Rossouw van Jaarsveld

Dr Rossouw van Jaarsveld on developing a forex network model: how to highlight risk tra...

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Isaah Mhlanga, Margaux Giannaros

Isaah Mhlanga on permanent spending habits: what to listen for while politicians campaign

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Daan Steenkamp, Margaux Giannaros

Dr Daan Steenkamp on forecasting GDP: why trucks matter in SA

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Isaah Mhlanga, Margaux Giannaros

Isaah Mhlanga on SA’s Budget Speech: adopting a business-friendly approach

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Isaah Mhlanga, Margaux Giannaros

February 19, 2021

Isaah Mhlanga on SA Budget 2021: Good news from SA’s 2020 Monetary and Fiscal Policy De...

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Biniam E. Bedasso, Margaux Giannaros

December 21, 2020

Dr Biniam Bedasso on managing Public Finances: where does a quarter of the IMF’s Capaci...

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Filippo Taddei, Margaux Giannaros

December 9, 2020

Dr Filippo Taddei on Structural Reforms in Italy: what can South Africa learn?

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Biniam E. Bedasso, Margaux Giannaros

November 13, 2020

Dr Biniam Bedasso on immigration and political preferences in South Africa: how has vot...

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Daan Steenkamp, Margaux Giannaros

October 30, 2020

Dr Daan Steenkamp on nowcasting: how economists benefit from machine learning and big data

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Margaux Giannaros, Scott Baker

October 23, 2020

Prof Scott Baker on measuring economic policy uncertainty: yes, measuring uncertainty

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Christopher Loewald, Margaux Giannaros

October 16, 2020

Dr Chris Loewald on Lockdown Learnings: monetary policy leeway during a pandemic

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Margaux Giannaros, Nicola Viegi

October 9, 2020

Prof. Nicola Viegi on SAMNet: a new economic modelling network is born

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Isaah Mhlanga, Margaux Giannaros

October 2, 2020

Isaah Mhlanga on why South Africa’s unemployment rate went down this Covid-Quarter

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Estian Calitz, Margaux Giannaros

Prof. Estian Calitz on Fiscal Sustainability in South Africa: what are the shortcomings...

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David Fowkes, Margaux Giannaros

Dr David Fowkes on QE and central bank balance sheet policies: Does South Africa have ‘...

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Johannes W. Fedderke, Margaux Giannaros

Prof Johannes W. Fedderke on the South African – US sovereign bond spread: how is this ...

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Margaux Giannaros, Neryvia Pillay Bell

Dr Neryvia Pillay Bell on the Fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa:...

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Alex van der Heever, Margaux Giannaros

Alex van den Heever on South Africa’s public healthcare response to the COVID-19 pandem...

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Christopher Loewald, Margaux Giannaros

Chris Loewald on the Monetary Policy response to the Coronavirus pandemic in South Afri...

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Margaux Giannaros, Nicola Viegi

Nicola Viegi on the South African economic response to the Coronavirus: policies and pr...

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Margaux Giannaros, Nicola Viegi

Nicola Viegi on the potential impact of the Coronavirus on South Africa: policy co-ordi...