May PPI figures 'a disaster'
SA's producer price inflation (PPI) accelerated above expectations to 16,4% year-on-year in May, from 12,4% in April, data showed on Thursday.
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Complacency puts 'India's century' forecasts at risk
This is supposed to be India's century, but the dangers of complacency have been starkly underlined with inflation hitting a 13-year high.
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SA current-account gap swells
South Africa's current-account deficit swelled to 9% of gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2008, the central bank said on Thursday.
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Manuel stands by inflation targeting
Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel on Wednesday defended the policy of inflation targeting, and argued against any variation of the target range.
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UN: HIV rate heightens Mozambique poverty
The spread of HIV in Mozambique has hit the economy and is heightening poverty, the United Nations chief representative in the country said on Friday.
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'Old world' economies run into triple trouble
United States economic growth will slow to a crawl, inflicting heavy collateral damage on Western Europe and Japan, the OECD said on Wednesday
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