It will be difficult for economy to recover from impact of lockdown: Economist
Chief Economist at Efficient Group, Dawie Roodt, says the expected rebound in economic and Gross
Effects of SA’s GDP data on unemployment figures expected later this month
At Midday on Tuesday, the Statistician General of South Africa, Risenga Maluleke delivered the worst
Government’s focus now on economic recovery: Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa cannot continue with business as usual. Ramaphosa was
Political will needed to lift SA out of recession: Analyst
Chief Economist at Econometrix, Azar Jammine, says the real challenge facing the South African
SA’s debt to GDP will reach 100% by 2024: Economist
People are going to be poorer in the next 3 years, than they have been last year.
SA’s economy contracted by 2% in first quarter of 2020
Figures by Statistic South Africa indicate that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell as a result of
SA’s GDP could contract by 16% if COVID-19 pandemic continues
South Africa’s GDP could contract by as much as 16 percent if the Covid-19 pandemic is not contained
Government expresses disappointment over S&P downgrades
Government has expressed disappointment over global ratings agency S&P to lower South Africa’s long
‘GDP contraction far bigger than previously anticipated’
Analysts say while a technical recession was expected the contraction is far bigger than previously
Concerns over possible recession
There are concerns that South Africa’s economy could enter into another recession.
Budget 2020: A bitter sweet trade-off
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s budget for the 2020/21 fiscal year was delivered at the backdrop of
Mining, manufacturing drag down GDP: Stats SA
South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 0.6% quarter-on-quarter in the third
Hong Kong enters recession as protests show no sign of relenting
On Sunday, black-clad and masked demonstrators set fire to shops and hurled petrol bombs at police
Mining, Manufacturing, Finance and Real Estate show positive growth
The Gross Domestic Product data that Statistics South Africa has released shows that mining,
Fitch cites widening budget deficit as reason behind SA’s revised outlook
Fitch has cited the widening budget deficit and increased expenditure as its reason for revising
The SA Economy “nine lost years” and still counting
Data released by StatsSA last week indicate that the total value of all the goods and services
Weakness in rand factors in credit downgrade possibility: Economists
Economists say the weakness in the rand shows that the currency is starting to factor in the
Ramaphosa hopes N Cape will increase its contribution to GDP
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he hopes the Northern Cape will increase its contribution to the
GDP forecast to grow at 1.5%
Treasury says the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for 2019 is forecast to grow at 1.5%
Analysts confident GDP numbers will show SA out of recession
Analysts expect the third quarter Gross domestic product (GDP) numbers will show that South Africa