South Africa: Very weak showing in key sectors

Declining output from the manufacturing and mining sectors underscore the weakness of South Africa’s economy. Given today’s grim figures – and the recent jump in unemployment – we expect that the SARB will postpone its next 25bp interest rate hike from May until July.

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