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Algeria: Industrial production to edge down as decline in large extraction sector offsets manufacturing growth
Key Features: Broad Country and Industry Coverage. The service covers 68 countries across Europe, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa, where 85% of world business is conducted. Up to 85...
Angola: Recovery in large extraction sector dictates industrial production growth
Key Features: Broad Country and Industry Coverage. The service covers 68 countries across Europe, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa, where 85% of world business is conducted. Up to 85...
Fixed Income Daily: Bond market and currency metrics for African capital markets
Mauritius – The BoM expects headline inflation to average 1.5% in 2019 compared to 3.2% in 2018, considerably lower than our projection of 2.3% this year. While inflation is quickening, it will not be...
Daily Africa Insight: An overview of today’s key events and developments
Gabon: Inflation skyrocketed in 2018. Ghana: Inflation takes a breather in May. Kenya: Latest budget retains focus on Big Four Agenda. Libya: Oil production increases despite fighting...
Talking Point: Kenya – Latest budget retains focus on Big Four Agenda
Kenya’s finance minister Henry Rotich delivered the country’s 2019/20 budget speech to Parliament on June 13. Titled ‘Creating Jobs, Transforming Lives – Harnessing the Big Four Plan’, the budget atte...
Talking Point: Nigeria – Some FX please, but at what rate
Speculation over naira management and a possible unification of rates had all but died down more recently as it became clear that authorities preferred multiple exchange rates and had the necessary am...
Talking Point: Libya – Oil production increases despite fighting in Tripoli
According to the latest figures released by Opec, oil production increased to its highest level in almost six years in April and May, despite the ongoing conflict in Tripoli. Oil production was record...
Talking Point: Namibia – Ciggies and cereals help ease inflation in May
The consumer price index (CPI) inflation rate was recorded at 4.1% y-o-y in May 2019, down from 4.5% y-o-y in April, according to the Namibia Statistics Agency’s (NSA) latest statistical release.
Talking Point: Gabon – Inflation skyrocketed in 2018
The latest data released from the General Directorate of Statistics (GDS) reveals that Gabon’s consumer price index (CPI) rose by 4.8% in 2018, compared to an increase of 2.7% in 2017. The data shows...
Rwanda: Real GDP growth expected to ease to 7.2% this year, driven by a slight slowdown in industrial sector growth
The Rwandan economy grew by 8.6% in 2018, with all three major economic sectors showing strong performances. Real GDP growth is expected to ease to 7.2% this year, driven by a slight slowdown in indus...
Talking Point: Ghana – Inflation takes a breather in May
Somewhat unexpectedly, inflation trended slightly lower in May, with the headline print falling from 9.5% y-o-y in April to 9.4% y-o-y last month. Food price inflation dropped to a level last seen dur...
SA Weekly: Key developments for the week ended 14 June
The JSE All Share Index ( 1.0%) looked set for yet another solid week of gains, as a jump in the international oil price sparked a rally in global stock markets. Meanwhile, rising precious metal price...
Talking Point: Rwanda – CPI unchanged on an annual basis in May
The latest consumer price index (CPI) release shows that price inflation came in at 0.9% m-o-m in May, but the index remained unchanged on an annual basis. Annual price deflation in the food & non...
Nigeria: Industrial production set to grow faster than GDP over the next three years
Key Features: Broad Country and Industry Coverage. The service covers 68 countries across Europe, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa, where 85% of world business is conducted. Up to 85...
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#Kenya budget: restricting capital spending to ongoing projects is prudent and the tax measures taken to increase revenue are necessary, but as always it will come down to the government’s ability to walk the talk without stumbling.
#Nigeria CBN changes rate on website but then reverts to official rate. Despite smoke and mirrors, we think a de facto unification remains unlikely.
#Libya oil production increases to a six-year high despite the ongoing conflict in #Tripoli.
#Namibia #CPI inflation eases in May, mainly thanks to moderation in food and tobacco price inflation.
#Gabon inflation skyrocketed in 2018, driven by higher prices in all twelve sub-indices – notably education, communication, transport, and health.
Some short-term action plans which NKC researchers, Gary van Staden and Elize Kruger, say South Africa must do to reassure the world that the economy is poised to grow. fin24.com/Economy/fix-sa…
#Ghana inflation down slightly to 9.4% in May. Tariff decision due this month and weaker cedi seen adding to price pressures in H2 - tariffs kept unchanged could provide temporary reprieve, but cause more damage later.
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