Economic Prospects

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Economic Prospects

Detailed quarterly forecast report of the South African economy for the next two years. The focus is on current economic trends, both domestically and globally, as well as forecasts of the most important macroeconomic variables, including inflation, interest and exchange rates, GDP growth and household consumption.

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Prospects (executive summary), 2024Q4

Date Uploaded: October 15 2024 08:00


In many ways, 2024 is turning out much better than expected. Most notably, the extended absence of load-shedding and positive noises from the newly established Government of National Unity (GNU) about much-needed structural reform are welcome developments. However, despite shifts in some of the underlying components, our headline real GDP growth forecast for 2024 is unchanged at ‘just’ 1%.