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SAMI and RBNQ: RB5369 and RB5367
Revised time series for the nominal and real effective exchange rates of the rand The South African ... |
| 1 Dec 2008 |
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IHS Global Insight Scholarship for Economics
For Mpho Nemavunde, the first student to be awarded the IHS Global Insight Scholarship for Economics, ... |
| 28 Nov 2008 |
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Regional eXplorer (ReX) update
- November 2008
IHS Global Insight Southern Africa is pleased to present the fourth quarterly update of its Regional ... |
| 26 Nov 2008 |
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Global Insight has revised South Africa’s sovereign risk outlook from stable to negative
Global Insight has changed the outlook on our medium-term sovereign rating of 30 (BBB+ on the generic ... |
| 20 Nov 2008 |
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Parallel exchange rate collapse, Inflation Touching Quintrillion Levels in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has become the first economy in Africa to overtake the hyperinflation environment that prevailed ... |
| 17 Nov 2008 |
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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Issue Z$1 million bank note
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe introduced a new series of denomination banknotes. The 100,000-dollar, ... |
| 6 Nov 2008 |
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Global Insight is now part of IHS
I am pleased to inform you that on October 10, 2008, IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS) completed the formal closing ... |
| 29 Oct 2008 |
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Consumption Expenditure Remains Under Pressure in South Africa
According to Statistics South Africa, seasonally adjusted real retail sales contracted by 5.5% year-on-year ... |
| 16 Oct 2008 |
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South Africa: Interest Rates Remain on Hold in South Africa
Corresponding with Global Insight's expectation, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South ... |
| 10 Oct 2008 |
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Zimbabwe Inflation Soars to a Massive 231 million per cent in July
Zimbabwe's headline inflation rate soared by a massive 2,600% month-on-month (m/m) during July 2008, ... |
| 9 Oct 2008 |
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Private-Sector Credit Growth Continues to Slow in South Africa
According to figures released by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), private-sector credit extension ... |
| 1 Oct 2008 |
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Global Financial Market Turmoil to Affect South African Growth
South Africa is not immune to the recent global financial market fallout, but it is not directly exposed ... |
| 18 Sep 2008 |
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Dollarisation to Increase in Zimbabwe Economy
The Zimbabwe Dollar lost around 3,200% against the U.S. dollar on the parallel market during August ... |
| 10 Sep 2008 |
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Domestic Demand Growth Turns Negative in South Africa
In the second quarter of 2008, gross domestic expenditure (GDE) growth in South Africa turned negative ... |
| 5 Sep 2008 |
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World Bank Affirms External Support Essential for Zimbabwe Recovery
External support is an essential condition to put the Zimbabwe economy back on the road of recovery. ... |
| 27 Aug 2008 |
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RBQN: SARB KB111 added to the Quarterly Bulletin data
The Money and Banking data as contained in KB111 (S-11) has been added to the RBQN databank. The ... |
| 21 Aug 2008 |
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South African Interest Rates Stay On Hold As Expected
In line with Global Insight's expectations, the monetary policy committee (MPC) of the South African ... |
| 15 Aug 2008 |
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June 2008 Inflation Rate for Seychelles a High 31.6%
Seychelles' all-items index for June 2008 stood on 131.2 which is 31.6% higher than that of June ... |
| 31 Jul 2008 |
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Inflation Figures Point to Tough Call on Monetary Policy in South Africa
Inflation's relentless upward path will complicate the monetary authority's interest-rate decision ... |
| 31 Jul 2008 |
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Bank of Botswana Expects Inflation to Fall within Target Range by End-2009
In the monetary statement released in February 2008, inflation was expected to peak at 9% in the second ... |
| 30 Jul 2008 |
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Household Borrowing High but Slowing In South Africa
According to figures released by the South African Reserve bank an increase in net foreign assets and ... |
| 29 Jul 2008 |
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Zimbabwe Manufacturing Output Contracts by 28% in 2007
The latest survey produced by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) - the voice of the Zimbabwe ... |
| 25 Jul 2008 |
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Detailed SA Trade Data
Due to technical changes in the data files received from the source, the update of the detailed SA Trade ... |
| 22 Jul 2008 |
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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Reveals Inflation Rate of 2 million Per Cent
After several months of silence, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Dr. Gideon Gono revealed that ... |
| 17 Jul 2008 |
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Delays in Reweighing Lead to Overstatement of Inflation in South Africa
According to Investec Asset Management, delays in recalculating the consumer price index excluding mortgage ... |
| 16 Jul 2008 |
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Regional eXplorer (ReX) update
- July 2008
Global Insight Southern Africa is pleased to present the second quarterly update of the Regional eXplorer ... |
| 11 Jul 2008 |
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Credit Extension Still Too High in South Africa
According to figures released by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), growth in M3 money supply slowed ... |
| 1 Jul 2008 |
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Economic Outlook Conference in South Africa
The annual Economic Outlook Conference in South Africa, hosted on the 12th of June 2008 at the ... |
| 20 Jun 2008 |
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Botswana's Trans-Kalahari Rail Negotiations at an Advanced Stage
The CEO of Bon Terra Mining, Eddie Scoltz, told the Botswana Economic Forum last Wednesday (11 June) ... |
| 18 Jun 2008 |
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Zimbabwe Dollar Breaches the Z$3 billion:US$1 level.
Zimbabwe's battered exchange rate reached a new all-time low of Z$3 billion:US$1 on the official ... |
| 17 Jun 2008 |
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IMF Approves US$80 million Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility For Zambia
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility ... |
| 5 Jun 2008 |
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Slowing GDP growth reflects higher costs and electricity woes in South Africa
The increased cost of credit coupled with the electricity crises led to a significant slowdown in economic ... |
| 28 May 2008 |
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Zimbabwe inflation rate races to the 1 million mark
Unofficial estimates produced by Zimbabwe independent finance houses shows that inflation has breached ... |
| 22 May 2008 |
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Reserve Bank emphasises importance of anchoring inflation expectations in South Africa
Citing definite upside risks, from mainly the supply side, to inflation in South Africa, the central ... |
| 14 May 2008 |
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Lebuwe Centre for People with Disabilities
Realising its need for financial support, Global Insight Southern Africa decided to make a donation ... |
| 7 May 2008 |
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World Bank Increases Agricultural Support to Africa by US$1 billion
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced that an additional US$1 billion will be allocated ... |
| 5 May 2008 |
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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Floats Currency
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe took a bold step in the right direction and introduced a new exchange rate ... |
| 5 May 2008 |
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P0142.1 Producer Price Index - Changes, Additions and Deletions
With the release of the March 2008 PPI figures, StatsSA published a note to users regarding the changes ... |
| 24 Apr 2008 |
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CPIX-Inflation hits Double Digits in South Africa
For the first time since September 2002 CPIX inflation hit double digits in South Africa. In 2002 it ... |
| 24 Apr 2008 |
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Global Insight Southern Africa’s
first scholarship winner
"It feels as if I am living my dream".These are the words of Mpho Nemavunde, the first student ... |
| 14 Apr 2008 |
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Namibia: Central Bank of Namibia shows independence and keeps interest rates unchanged
The Bank of Namibia demonstrated its autonomy and left its key Bank rate unchanged at 10.5%, despite ... |
| 11 Apr 2008 |
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Monetary policy tightens on the back of high inflation expectations in South Africa
The prospects of substantial electricity price increases, which will delay the return of CPIX-inflation ... |
| 11 Apr 2008 |
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Demand-Side Figures Send Reassuring Message to South Africa's Monetary Authorities
Recently released demand-side figures indicated severely constrained household budgets. This is strongly ... |
| 3 Apr 2008 |
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South Africa's Current Account to support currency in 2008
A significant increase in the value of merchandise exports, which largely offset a small increase in ... |
| 20 Mar 2008 |
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Lesotho’s CPI for January 2008 Remains a high 10.5%
The Bureau of Statistics reported Lesotho's inflation rate for January 2008 to remain the same as ... |
| 18 Mar 2008 |
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Zimbabwe Dollar Tumbles on the Parallel Market
The black market Zimbabwe Dollar exchange rate reached a new all-time low of Z$25,000,000/US$ as demand ... |
| 10 Mar 2008 |
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P0142.1: Producer Price Index
On Thursday 6 March 2008 Statistics South Africa released the publication of the January 2008 ... |
| 7 Mar 2008 |
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P0142.1 Producer Price Index - January 2008
On Thursday 6 March 2008 Statistics South Africa released the publication of the January 2008 ... |
| 6 Mar 2008 |
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P0142.1 Producer Price Index
- January 2008
On Thursday 28 February Statistics South Africa announced a delay in the publication of the January ... |
| 28 Feb 2008 |
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Regional eXplorer (ReX) update
- March 2008
Global Insight is pleased to present the first quarterly update for 2008 of the Regional eXplorer (ReX). ... |
| 28 Feb 2008 |
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Official Headline Inflation Breaches 100,000% Y/Y in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's headline inflation rate breached the 100,000% level and accelerated to 100,580.2% year-on-year ... |
| 25 Feb 2008 |
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P0142.1: Producer Price Index
The producer price index (PPI ) for January 2008 (due for release on 29 February 2008) will be based ... |
| 25 Feb 2008 |
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Budget 2008: South Africa's Prudent Fiscal Stance Underscores Long-Term Economic Growth
Against a background of global financial uncertainty, the finance minister of South Africa has chosen ... |
| 21 Feb 2008 |
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South African President Optimistic About SA Growth
President Thabo Mbeki has set out his government's agenda for the coming year in his penultimate ... |
| 11 Feb 2008 |
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Electricity Crisis in South Africa Intensifies
Well into the third week of continuous power-cuts and load-shedding, Eskom, South Africa's state ... |
| 1 Feb 2008 |
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Private-Sector Credit Extension Expected to Slow Further
According to figures released by the South African Reserve Bank, private-sector credit extension slowed ... |
| 31 Jan 2008 |
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Inflation Still Up But Nearing Peak In South Africa
According to Statistics SA, CPIX inflation rose to 8.6% y/y in December 2007 from 7.9% y/y in November ... |
| 31 Jan 2008 |
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International Monetary Funds Shows Inflation at 150,000% Y/Y by end-2007
Latest estimated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows that Zimbabwe's headline inflation ... |
| 21 Jan 2008 |
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Interest Sensitive Sectors Slowing Retail Sales in South Africa
According to figures released by Statistics SA, real retail sales outh Africa slowed on an annual basis ... |
| 17 Jan 2008 |
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