Department of Economics

Dr JC Vermeulen

College of Economic and Management Sciences
School of Economic and Financial Sciences
Department: Economics
Senior Lecturer
Tel: 012 433 4639
E-mail: vermejc@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • PhD (Economics), University of Pretoria

NRF Rating

Y2

Currently teaching

  • Money, Banking & Financial Markets (hons) (ECS4864)
  • The South African Financial System (ECS2605)

Field of Specialisation

Monetary Economics

Journal articles

  1. Stevens, M. and Vermeulen, C. (2024). Derivative Markets and Economic Growth: A South African Perspective. Economies, 12(11), pp.1–21. https://doi.org/10.3390/economies12110312.
  2. Vermeulen, C. (2024). Die rol van die produksiegaping in Suid-Afrikaanse monetêre beleid (The role of the output gap in South African monetary policy). Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe (South African Journal of Humanities), 63(4), pp.434–453.
  3. Vermeulen, C. (2024). Central Bank Independence, Inflation and Money Growth: Evidence from South Africa. Southern African Business Review. https://doi.org/10.25159/1998-8125/1437.
  4. Joubert, F., Laäs, A., Laäs, A.M., Rossouw, J. and Vermeulen, C. (2022). ’n Blik op Orania se OSK Koöperatiewe Bank Beperk (A perspective on Orania’s OSC Co-operative Bank Limited). Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe (South African Journal of Humanities), 62(4), pp.1–18.
  5. Masike, K. and Vermeulen, C. (2022). The time-varying elasticity of South African electricity demand. Energy, 238(Part C). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.121984.
  6. Vermeulen, C. (2021). 100 years of private shareholding in the South African Reserve Bank. Economic History of Developing Regions, 36(2), pp.245–263.
  7. Vermeulen, C. and Rossouw, J. (2021). Metrisering: 50 jaar sedert die jaart (Metrication: 50 years since the yard). South African Journal of Science and Technology, 40(1), pp.12–19.
  8. Vermeulen, C. (2020). On the mandate, ownership and independence of the South African Reserve Bank. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 23(1), pp.1–11.
  9. Vermeulen, C., Joubert, F., and Rossouw, J. (2019). Suid-Afrikaanse aandelemarkontwikkeling: Die impak van globalisme en nasionalisme (South African stock market development: The impact of globalism and nationalism). South African Journal of Science and Technology, 38(1), pp.1–11.
  10. Vermeulen, C., Joubert, F., Bosch, A. and Rossouw, J. (2017). From the business cycle to the output cycle: Predicting South African economic activity. Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 41(2), pp.111–133.
  11. Vermeulen, C. (2017). Inflation and Employment in South Africa: Is the Phillips Curve Still Dead? Southern African Business Review, 21(2017), pp.20–54.
  12. Gupta, R. and Vermeulen, C. (2010). Private and Public Health Expenditures in an Endogenous Growth Model with Inflation Targeting. Annals of Economics and Finance, 11(1), pp.139–153.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • Research Fellow: South African Reserve Bank (SARB)
  • Research Fellow: SARB Chair in Monetary Policy Studies, University of Pretoria