After growing at its slowest quarterly pace in almost four years in Q1, it was always likely that South African GDP would accelerate in Q2. Nevertheless, the pick-up in growth shouldn’t detract from the fact that the economic outlook remains lacklustre. What’s more, the fresh sell-off in the rand leaves the Reserve Bank with no room to loosen monetary policy.
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