{"id":140131,"date":"2016-10-14T15:30:21","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T13:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=140131"},"modified":"2016-10-14T15:30:21","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T13:30:21","slug":"these-are-the-10-best-economists-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/140131\/these-are-the-10-best-economists-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the 10 best economists in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

HSBC’s David Faulkner was named South Africa Economist of the Year at the Thomson Reuters Africa summit in Cape Town on Thursday for the most accurate forecasts of 2016 economic data.<\/span><\/p>\n

Individual and teams of economists from South Africa and abroad were ranked according to the accuracy of their forecasts and frequency of participation in the monthly Reuters Econometer, a long-term economic survey for South Africa.<\/p>\n

The survey, which looks two years ahead, covers key indicators including gross domestic product growth, consumer and producer inflation, the current account and the repo rate.<\/p>\n

About 35 economists from banks, funds, think-tanks and other corporations took part in the competition, now in its 17th year.<\/p>\n

Previous South Africa Economist of the Year winners include Credit Guarantee Insurance Corporation’s Luke Doig (2015); four-time winner, the Bureau for Economic Research (2014); Industrial Development Corporation (2013); Dennis Dykes of Nedbank (2012) and Dave Mohr of Citadel (2010).<\/p>\n

Here are the top 10 ranking of economists:<\/p>\n

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#<\/th>\nEconomist<\/th>\nCompany<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nDavid Faulkner<\/td>\nHSBC<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nColen Garrow<\/td>\nMeganomics <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nLuke Doig<\/td>\nCredit Guarantee<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nElize Kruger<\/td>\nKADD Capital<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nChristie Viljoen<\/td>\nNKC African Eco.\u00a0(Now at KPMG)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nJohn Ashbourne<\/td>\nCapital Eco.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nNico Kelder<\/td>\nIDC<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nHugo Pienaar<\/td>\nBER<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nJeffrey Schultz<\/td>\nBNP Paribas<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nPeter Worthington<\/td>\nBarclays Africa<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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