South Africa GDP (Q3)

South Africa’s GDP contracted by 1.5% q/q in Q3 as violent unrest and a third virus wave hit the economy hard, and the more recent data suggest that activity remained depressed even before the latest rise in COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant. Against this backdrop, monetary policy tightening is unlikely to be as aggressive as most currently anticipate.

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