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South Africa: bigger GDP doesn’t ease economic woes

Revisions to South Africa’s historic GDP data show that the economy is more than 10% larger than previously estimated. But this doesn’t alter the headwinds facing the economic recovery and, while the government debt-to-GDP ratio may now be lower, underlying debt dynamics are still a major concern.

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