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South Africa: A closer look at the public debt problem

South Africa’s public debt burden is not too high, but the direction of travel is very worrying. While the structure of the country’s debts and its deep local capital markets make an acute crisis unlikely, the growing debt pile is another factor pushing the country into a long-lasting economic stagnation.

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