RT @FinancialTimes For the third time this month, the yield on two-year US Treasury bills jumped above that of the 10-year note during trading on Thursday on.ft.com/2zhopsV pic.twitter.com/q9CvRfmuXl

RT @BDliveSA JSE faces cautious start on Thursday as traders focus on the Fed ow.ly/SpOW30poH4J pic.twitter.com/tNf0bY9e8i

RT @lingskevin South African consumer inflation much better than expected in July at only 4.0%. The weak economic environment means companies have limited pricing power. The Reserve Bank has a dilemma, they should cut interest rates, but the currency is weak.

RT @lingskevin IMF, represented by Montfort Mlachila at the BER economic briefing, highlighted today that the government has not asked for any IMF support and the IMF does not think that South Africa needs any IMF support. In general the IMF prefers that countries resolve their own problems

Inverted US bond yield curve - where shorter term yields are higher than long term - could mean difficult economic times ahead.