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Zimbabwe: Lack of External Financing Leaves Zimbabwe's Budget Execution Problematic The lack of fiscal space because of benign external support has left most of the infrastructural programmes ... 15 Jul 2010 Regional eXplorer (ReX) update - Jun 2010 IntroductionIHS Global Insight presents the June 2010 update to the Regional eXplorer. Clients will ... 2 Jul 2010 RBQN: Monthly release of selected data With the release of the Money Supply figures, revisions were made to some of the 2009 values due to ... 30 Jun 2010 Pre-World Cup Spending Boosts Q1 Domestic Demand in South Africa Spending on durable and semi-durable goods in anticipation of the 2010 World Cup football tournament ... 28 Jun 2010 Retreating Confidence Accentuates Fragility of South African Recovery The RMB/BER business confidence index has fallen in the second quarter to 36 from 43 in the previous ... 9 Jun 2010 South Africa: Global Recovery Drives South African Growth Surprising once again on the upside, first-quarter 2010 GDP figures have shown manufacturing and mining ... 27 May 2010 Fuel Supply Fears Mount As Transport Strike Continues in South Africa Fears that fuel supplies may come under threat have come to the fore as the South African Transport ... 25 May 2010 Transnet Strike Expands to Include Passenger Services in South Africa South Africa's transport sector strike has entered its second week following failed negotiations ... 17 May 2010 Transport Strike in South Africa to Hit Exports A widespread strike at state-owned transport and logistics group Transnet is expected to hit export ... 13 May 2010 Inflation Continues on Downward Trajectory in South Africa Latest figures from Statistics South Africa show inflation slowing to 5.1% year-on-year (y/y) in March ... 29 Apr 2010 Recent South African Economic Indicators Warn Against Over-Optimism The latest short-term indicators point to a fragile and slow recovery in South Africa, despite high ... 27 Apr 2010 World Bank Loan to Eskom Boosts Investor Confidence in South Africa The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$3.75-billion loan to South African ... 9 Apr 2010 South African Opposition Lobbies World Bank to Block Loan to Energy Firm South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, is seeking to block a proposed US$3.75-billion ... 8 Apr 2010 Regional eXplorer (ReX) update March 2010 IntroductionOnly a few months into the year, and we have already seen some great improvements to the ... 31 Mar 2010 Domestic Demand Turns Corner in South Africa A revival in consumption expenditure has boosted domestic expenditure, as real private consumption expenditure ... 24 Mar 2010 China-Zambia Relations Strengthen During Zambian President Rupia Banda's latest ten-day state visit to China, the President was able ... 19 Mar 2010 Q4 Growth Figures Show Inventory-Led Recovery in South Africa Above-expectation fourth-quarter GDP growth figures have revealed an industry- and government-led economic ... 24 Feb 2010 Budget 2010: Finance Minister Reaffirms Policy Cornerstones in South Africa Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has committed to prioritise spending on infrastructure and employment ... 18 Feb 2010 Manufacturing Rebound to Boost Q4 Growth in South Africa Following the upward surge in the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) over the last three months, manufacturing ... 12 Feb 2010 South African President Renews Spending Commitment in Latest State of the Nation Address In his State of the Nation speech, President Jacob Zuma has defined 2010 as the "year of action"; ... 12 Feb 2010 Empowerment Policies Surface Again in Zimbabwe and Namibia Transparent and impartial black empowerment policy in Namibia has contrasted with Zimbabwe's Indigenisation ... 11 Feb 2010 Inflation Ticks Up on Technical Factors in South Africa Statistics South Africa shows December headline inflation at 6.3% year-on-year (y/y), from 5.8% y/y ... 28 Jan 2010 South African Interest Rates on Hold on Electricity Tariff Fears In line with IHS Global Insight's expectation, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South ... 27 Jan 2010 Zambia Sets Out Economic Policy Objectives for 2010 Zambian economic policy highlights for 2010 centre on a shift in the government's domestic debt ... 15 Jan 2010 Top Ten Sovereign Risk Ratings Forecasts for 2010 Investors are on high alert for sovereign risk ratings in 2010, with concerns highlighted by the recent ... 11 Jan 2010 Special Report: Service Delivery One of the hot topics from 2009 was service delivery. Monitoring reports on municipal service delivery ... 8 Jan 2010 Failed Airline Bombing Heralds Security Shake-Up, Global Focus on Yemen The attempted bombing of a flight bound for Detroit in the United States on 25 December has dominated ... 6 Jan 2010