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Listen: Review of National Treasury’s Mid-Term Budget

Krutham MD Peter Attard Montalto joins 702’s The Money Show with Stephen Grootes to discuss National Treasury’s medium-term budget policy.

“Some remarkable things stand out in this MTBPS. The first is the strength of revenue performance in a very weak real-GDP economy. It is remarkable that we are hitting more than 25% of GDP without raising taxes. Contrary to the commissioner beforehand, that is not entirely SARS. There is profit in the system, a little bit in terms-of-trade shock and bank profits filtering through, and then you add the increased collections that the commissioner mentioned,” says Peter Attard Montalto.

Listen to the full clip below.