South Africa Budget: Tighter policy, more realistic assumptions

Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene today presented an annual budget that raised consumption taxes in an effort to limit South Africa’s fiscal deficit, a move that will add to the headwinds facing economic growth. However, the government’s new economic forecasts do at least look more realistic than in the past.

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