01/02/2020

Q3 growth reduces to 5.1 percent

“Deceleration in growth was mainly on account of suppressed growth in most of the sectors of the economy,” the national statistics office said.

12/23/2019

Public debt will hit 63% of GDP end of year – IMF

The directors further called for boosting export competitiveness, increasing economic diversification, accelerating productivity growth, improving the business environment and promoting digitalisation to boost opportunities.

12/17/2019

SA portfolio inflows jump on record Eurobond

The current-account gap hasn’t dipped below 2% of GDP since the end of 2016 and, together with a budget shortfall that’s projected to be the widest in more than a decade next year, it keeps pressure on the rand.