South Africa Activity Data (Feb.)

February’s weak hard activity figures out of South Africa suggest that stronger data from January were a blip and, following a contraction in GDP in Q4, increase the chances that the economy has slipped into a technical recession. Either way, we think that the South African economy will struggle to grow this year.

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