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26 Jul 2012
 
 
SA exports expected to moderate, BER lowers growth forecast
ECONOMY
Continuing eurozone debt challenges, weak US growth and softer growth in emerging countries, such as China and India, were expected to moderate South African exports throughout the year, Bureau for...
 
 
27 May 2011
 
 
 
High wage increases put brakes on employment growth
ECONOMY
South Africa was set for gross domestic product (GDP) growth of above 4% for the next three years, but the growth story did not support the necessary employment expansion, a senior economist said...
 
 
25 Nov 2010
 
 
 
Daily podcast - November 25, 2010
PODCAST
In today's podcast, economists say that SA's interest rate cuts are too small to have a real effect on the economy; trade union Uasa says that SA's water crisis is deepened by bureaucracy; and, SA...
 
 
Interest rate cuts too small — economists
ECONOMY
Evidence that South Africa's economic growth is slowing is raising fears the government has done too little and acted too late to boost growth in one of Africa's biggest economies.
 
 
11 Nov 2010
 
Drivers of rand strength to persist for ‘some time’ – BER
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
The Bureau for Economic Research (BER) on Thursday revised its average rand forecast for the fourth quarter from R8,45 to the dollar to R7,50 and added that the current drivers of rand strength...
 
 
15 Feb 2010
 
SA economy seen growing in 2010, CPI to fall below 6%
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
While South Africa was likely to see gross domestic product (GDP) growth of about 2,7% this year and 3,5% in 2011, the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) on Monday warned that the global economy...
 
 
28 Jul 2009
 
SA economy to contract by 2% this year, 'muted' growth in 2010 – BER
SA ECONOMY
South Africa's economic growth is expected to contract by 2% this year - the country's weakest performance since 1992, the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) said on Tuesday.
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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