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Masia: Concerned About South African Growth Next Year

South Africa's central bank is stepping up its fight against inflation, raising interest rates for the second time this year. The unanimous quarter-point hike takes the benchmark rate to 7.25%, as higher oil prices and persistent services inflation add to price pressures. Danelee Masia, Deutsche Bank South Africa CEO and Chief Economist for CEEMEA spoke to Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja on Horizons Middle East & Africa on the latest numbers.

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Smart: Lot of Issues Off the Table in US-China Talks

US & China have agreed to extend their trade-war truce by two months. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the deal as Chinese President Xi Jinping begins his first state visit to Washington in 11 years. Christopher Smart, founder and managing partner of the Arbroath Group spoke to Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja on Horizons Middle East & Africa about the significance of the visit.

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ASPI's Cutler on Trump-Xi Summit, Trade Relations

Wendy Cutler, Senior Vice President at the Asia Society Policy Institute and former Acting Deputy US Trade Representative, discusses the outlook for US-China trade relations after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the two countries had agreed to a two-month extension of their trade truce. She speaks with Haidi Stroud-Watts on Bloomberg: The Asia Trade.

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Reena Aggarwal: Expect Merging of Private & Public

Reena Aggarwal, Robert E. McDonough Professor of Finance and Director of the Psaros Center for Financial Markets & Policy at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, sat down Bloomberg's Romaine Bostick from the Financial Markets Quality Conference at Georgetown University to discuss the relationship between public and private markets.

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