How South Africa stacks up against Brics, Africa and the US determines its fiscal impetus.
Warnings were sounded for months, but now the prospect of stagflation is a real concern.
South African credit growth has accelerated for the first time this year to 9.1% in April.
South Africa may miss its economic growth target this year, curbing tax revenue and leading to bigger-than-planned budget deficit.
Stock markets, which have been pushing to record levels as central banks flooded the world with cash, stumbled last week.
Growth figures from Europe and Japan will dominate this week’s data calendar. Here is your guide to the week ahead.
Africa’s growth might help to reassure sceptics who were concerned about the sustainability of the continent’s dependence on mining.
A slew of data from China and central bank decisions in the UK, Australia and Kenya will likely dominate this week’s economic news.
The black middle class has grown from strength to strength and, as a result of doubling in size in the past decade, it has made its mark on sectors.
It may not be immediately obvious, but South Africa’s burgeoning black middle class is the country’s largest driver of growth.
Granted, the island country has made good use of the aid it received, but its economic position now is akin to that of Spain.
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New economic research by ETM Analytics has put South Africa in some dangerous company.
Figures released by Statistics South Africa this week revealed a mixed bag for the South African economy.
Some of the policy proposals to be debated by the ANC at its leadership conference in Mangaung have been discussed publicly.
All the gushing about growth largely ignores the continent’s political risks and challenges, says Dianna Games.
South Africans are pouring into Ghana, the world’s fastest-growing economy, with a growth rate of 14.4% last year.
The state has once again taken centre stage in spurring on South Africa’s economic development.
Strikes and a slowdown in consumer spending are having a knock-on effect on the South African economy, writes Lynley Donnelly.
Growth in SA is going to require targeted strategies in collaboration with business, rather than government focusing on gross domestic product growth.
The recently released census results confirm that South Africa’s social and economic transformation has been slow.
Australia has hailed IMF moves to count its dollar as a foreign reserve currency, though its central bank chief downplayed it as a technicality.
While the financial crisis deepens in other parts of the world, the African growth story has just begun, but it’s not clear what role SA will play.
The Reserve Bank says South Africa is likely to see slower economic growth for the rest of 2012 but inflation is likely to remain within target.
Economic success is not in the hands of any single party. Rather, it depends on collaboration and solidarity across society, writes Saleem Mowzer.
Angola, Africa’s second-largest oil producer, has become the latest country on the continent to launch a sovereign wealth fund.
Steps will be taken to improve public and investor confidence in the economy it was agreed at a social dialogue meeting on the state of the economy.
As strikers’ stances harden, the increasing threat of closure could make wage demands irrelevant.
From boosting savings to reducing indebtedness, broader financial inclusion is needed in South Africa.
India’s rapid progress may be halted if high public expenditure is not brought into check, writes Jason Burke.
South Africa’s economic growth will remain subdued in the medium term due to unrest in the platinum sector and a weak global economic environment.
The events at Marikana last week have cast such a long shadow that right now it seems we have just two options: doom or gloom.