South Africa Manufacturing PMI (Jan.)

South Africa’s January manufacturing PMI provided further bad news for the beleaguered economy. The risk of a further slowdown in GDP growth this year is growing. The survey also showed that the fall in the rand has started to feed through into prices, supporting our view that further interest rate hikes are on the way.

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