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Fixed Income Daily: Bond market and currency metrics for African capital markets
Namibia – Tight-end yields seen as coming under some more pressure. We project that inflation will average 5.4% in 2019 although the balance of risks is skewed towards a lower outturn due to oil price...
Daily Africa Insight: An overview of today’s key events and developments
Angola: Inflation rises in November. Ivory Coast: IMF completes review mission. Mozambique: Inflation falls in November and central bank cut rates. Namibia: Headline inflation reaches...
Talking Point: Rwanda - Another week of positive data releases
The past week has seen a medley of favourable data releases coming out of Rwanda. The latest real GDP growth figures show that the Rwandan economy grew by 7.7% y-o-y during 2018 Q3, up from a 6.7% y-o...
Talking Point: Mozambique - Inflation falls in November and central bank cuts rates
The National Institute of Statistics (INE) recently released November’s consumer price index (CPI) data. According to the INE, CPI inflation was recorded at 4.27% y-o-y in November, compared to 4.75%...
South Africa: Economy exits recession but only just; 2018 real GDP growth seen at 0.7%
South Africa exits its two-quarter-long recession in Q3, with a broad-based recovery, admittedly off a low base. The economy is on track to record a 0.7% annual growth rate in 2018, which is a very di...
Talking Point: Angola - Inflation rises in November
The National Statistics Institute (INE) estimates that inflation rose slightly last month. The national headline print crept up to 18.4% y-o-y in November from 18.0% y-o-y the month before. On a m-o-m...
Talking Point: Ivory Coast - IMF completes review mission
On December 13, the IMF completed the fourth reviews under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangements with Ivory Coast. The Fund highlighted a few positive econom...
SA Weekly Economic Report: Key developments for the week ended December 14
The JSE All Share Index looks set to edge higher this week, in line with improved global equity prices. The local bourse bounced back strongly early in the week due reduced trade war fears but started...
Talking Point: Namibia - Headline inflation reaches a 14-month high
Namibia’s consumer price index (CPI) inflation rate was recorded at 5.6% y-o-y in November 2018, up from 5.1% y-o-y in the previous month, according to the Namibia Statistics Agency’s (NSA) latest sta...
Weekly Africa Political Risk Report: Overview of the past week’s political developments
Botswana: From our Quarterly Update (Dec 12). Gabon: Little enthusiasm for striking (Dec 13). Gabon: From our Quarterly Update (Dec 10). Libya: Anger of Fezzan blocks oil flow (Dec 13)...
SA Daily Economic Report: Morning market update
Producer inflation moderates slightly Ramaphosa not liking Eskom debt swap idea US jobless claims fall back to near 49-year low Confident ECB announces historic end of QE
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The past week has seen a medley of favourable data releases coming out of #Rwanda. GDP growth picked up to 7.7% in Q3 while price inflation remained low at 0.1% in November.
#Mozambique’s consumer price inflation fell further to 4.3% y-o-y in November as transport costs start to trend lower and food prices remain low. This provided the central bank with the necessary scope to lower the MIMO rate by another 75 bps to 14.25%.
#Angola’s inflation rose to 18.4% in November. We still expect broad disinflation next year on average, but at a slower rate compared to 2018 due to upside risks stemming from the exchange rate and fiscal tightening.
#IMF completes fourth review under the ECF and EFF arrangements with #IvoryCoast. Based on Ivory Coast’s good progress on implementing structural reforms and creating an upbeat macroeconomic environment, the Fund promised an immediate disbursement of $137.7m.
#Namibia headline #inflation reaches a 14-month high.
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