THAT SHRINKING FEELING SA retail trade, mining data for March point to Q1 economic contraction – and may help explain why the lights are on 3 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
QUARTERLY LABOUR FORCE SURVEY South Africa’s unemployment rate edges up to 32.9% just before 29 May polls 4 min 8 By Victoria O’Regan
ECONOMY ANALYSIS Meltdown — SA manufacturing output tanks 6.4% year on year in March, raising risk of Q1 GDP contraction 2 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ANALYSIS IMF warns that global inflation risks remain, cuts SA’s GDP 2024 growth forecast to 0.9% 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
PROSPERITY GAP ANALYSIS World Bank points to worrying slowdown in Africa’s poverty reduction 4 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK Mixed bag — SA’s January mining output slumps, but manufacturing grows 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SA narrowly dodges recession in Q4 as economy grows a sluggish 0.6% in 2023 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
QUARTERLY LABOUR FORCE SURVEY Economic crisis — SA unemployment rate edges up to 32.1% in Q4 2023 3 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
RECESSION WATCH Q4 SA mining output suggests downturn dodged despite dreadful December 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK IMF says ‘hard landing has receded’, raises 2024 global growth forecast 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
MINING DATA Recession Watch — SA mining output soars 6.8% y/y in November, reducing downturn odds 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
RECESSION WATCH SA manufacturing output rises 1.9% in November, adding to hopes recession has been dodged 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
Business Maverick Recession Watch: Absa PMI edges up in December but remains subdued 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SA annual inflation slows in November, retail trade sales dip in October 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK Prospects of SA recession lower after mining and manufacturing output surprises on the upside 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
RECESSION WATCH Gloomy outlook for SA after economy contracts by more than expected in third quarter 3 min 4 By Ed Stoddard
HOBBLED ECONOMY New Harvard report dissects how state failure, spatial exclusion are curbing SA’s growth 4 min 13 By Ed Stoddard
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ANALYSIS SA’s unemployment rate dips to 31.9%, mining and manufacturing job losses bode ill 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK Dismal September mining and manufacturing data bode ill for SA’s third-quarter GDP 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
MEDIUM-TERM BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT Scenarios point to a gloomy economic outlook for SA 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
