SEEDS OF DOUBT Was SA's 2024 third-quarter GDP contraction caused by an overestimation of agriculture's decline? 4 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: How the Reserve Bank has proved the nationalisers wrong 5 min 3 By Tim Cohen
SLIVER OF LIGHT SA economy grows 0.4% in Q2 after flatlining in Q1, household expenditure shows surprise lift — Stats SA 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
JOBS CRISIS Lights were on, yet SA's unemployment rate rose to 33.5% in Q2, edging back to record high – Stats SA 3 min 4 By Ed Stoddard
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SA retail trade sales surprisingly surge in June, signalling economy probably averted a recession 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
BLEAK GDP PICTURE ‘Weak, weak, weak’ — SA economy contracts 0.1% in Q1, but economists see growth in Q2 3 min 3 By Ed Stoddard
RECESSION RUMBLINGS Absa PMI plunges in May despite lack of power cuts as manufacturing sector braced for elections 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: Interest rates and the enlightening standpoint of status 3 min 0 By Tim Cohen
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ANALYSIS SA Reserve Bank is exorcising the spectre of stagflation 5 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 Black Friday fails to lift November retail trade, sales fall 0.9% year on year 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 Prospects of SA recession lower after mining and manufacturing output surprises on the upside 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
Business Maverick Xmas blues: Festive season consumer confidence at over two-decade lows, says FNB 3 min 1 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
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK South Africa’s ‘polycrisis' dims prospect of accurate forecasts of GDP performance 4 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
