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SA economic outlook for 2015

07 January 2015 | General

South Africa finds itself in a situation where increasing export revenues is a necessity for sustainable growth. The increased domestic spending between 2004 and 2007 was only possible because of a commodity boom.

There is life in SA economy – BankservAfrica Index

10 December 2014 | General

According to the latest BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI), an extremely fragile economy is trying hard to shake off its self-inflicted blues so it can recover enough to give South Africans a very merry Christmas.

GDP Data Comment

25 November 2014 | General

South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 1.4% quarter-on-quarter (q/q) annualised in 3Q 2014, after increasing by 0.5% q/q in 2Q. The drivers of the rebound were: trade and hospitality (+3.4% q/q), finance and business services (+2.4% q/q) and agriculture (+8.2% q/q). Mining also staged an encouraging recovery from a 3.1% q/q contraction in 2Q, to achieve growth of 1.6% q/q in 3Q. On the downside, manufacturing (-3.4% q/q) and utilities (-1.1% q/q) continued to see output decline.