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South Africa: a weak start to Q4

A slew of data released this morning indicate that after slowing sharply in Q3, the South African economy got off to a poor start in Q4. But with inflation likely to accelerate further in the coming months, there is little that the Reserve Bank can currently do to stimulate growth.

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