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This week President Trump marked 100 days in office, a tenure marked by volatility. His second term began with a decline in US GDP, while jobs and prices hold steady. Investors are concerned that the outlook is getting worse. 

Element Investment Managers: 2025 market outlook 

Recently, Botswana's economic outlook was downgraded from stable to negative by Moody's, as a result of the prolonged downturn in the diamond industry. 

Botswana records four consecutive quarters of economic downturn

Some analysts say April is a month of historic volatility and this time around it ended on that same note, with the S&P 500 wiping out a 2 per cent slide for the first time since 2022. 

Q2 outlook & lessons from U.S. "Liberation Day”

Markets remain volatile, and with protectionist trade measures once again making headlines, we thought it timely to share our views.

Navigating market volatility amid tariff chaos

Recently, data showed that China’s economy showed surprising strength thanks to consumer subsidies and a rush of export shipments to beat tariffs. 

Tracking market sentiment over Chinese equities

According to the World Bank’s latest commodity markets outlook faltering economic growth is coinciding with ample oil supply in ways that are expected to drop global commodity prices to their lowest level of the 2020s. 

World Bank’s commodity markets outlook 

Today is President Trump’s 100th day in office, a tenure marked by volatility and vows to go further. 

Navigating market turmoil: SA small caps impact

During the question and answer section of Selassie’s presentation earlier, he provided reaction to the news of South Africa scrapping its proposed value added tax hike.

IMF’s Selassie reacts to scrapped VAT hike in S.Africa 

Sub-Saharan Africa’s combined economy growth is expected to expand by 3.8 per cent this year, the International Monetary Fund said in its World Economic Outlook report launch earlier. 

IMF cuts regional growth forecast to 3.8% from 4.2%

Some investors are betting the good times are only just beginning for emerging markets as worries over the United States economy boost the allure of the long-suffering asset class. 

Investor sentiments on U.S. and emerging markets

Nasdaq and AWS announce modernization blueprint to drive the benefits of cloud into local market infrastructures. 

Nasdaq & Amazon Web Services announce next generation infrastructure solutions

US President Donald Trump’s “liberation day” marked a watershed moment for the global economic and trade system. US stocks and Treasuries have been battered since he rolled out sweeping tariffs on April 2, later announcing a 90-day reprieve. 

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