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SA Daily Economic Report: Morning market update
Adopting a more reasonable approach to nuclear power Factors backing up recession fears ZAR advances unconvincingly Bullion lifted by expectations of dovish Fed
Fixed Income Daily: Bond market and currency metrics for African capital markets
Botswana – In light of the latest inflation release, we now expect the MPC to cut the bank rate by 25 bps by end-2019, with elevated risks of a cut as soon as later this month, at the August 29 conven...
Daily Africa Insight: An overview of today’s key events and developments
Botswana: Inflation remains below target; interest rate cut expected. Malawi: Inflation continues to rise in July. Senegal: Disinflation recorded in July.
Talking Point: Malawi – Inflation continues to rise in July
According to the most recent figures released by the National Statistics Office (NSO), consumer price index (CPI) inflation rose again in July. The CPI rose by 9.3% y-o-y in July, compared with the 9....
Libya Quarterly Update: The ongoing war in Tripoli is set to weigh heavily on the economy, and real GDP is forecast to contract by 1.3% in 2019
The Libyan National Army continues its assault on Tripoli, home to the internationally recognised Government of National Accord. Surprisingly, oil production remains largely uninterrupted, even increa...
Talking Point: Botswana – Inflation remains below target, interest rate cut expected
The headline inflation rate ticked higher in July 2019 due to a broad-based increase in consumer prices. More specifically, the consumer price index (CPI) increased by 2.9% yo-y in July, up slightly f...
Talking Point: Senegal – Disinflation recorded in July
The latest data from the Agency for Statistics and Demography (ANSD) reveals that Senegal recorded consumer price index (CPI) disinflation in July, with the rate dropping to 1.1% y-o-y in July from 2....
SA Daily Economic Report: Morning market update
Anti-Ramaphosa campaigns are hurting policy reforms Low inflation supports prospect of ECB easing package Political unrest hits Hong Kong economy ZAR remains on the back foot
Fixed Income Daily: Bond market and currency metrics for African capital markets
Kenya – Price inflation is expected to average 6.2% this year compared with a previous forecast of 6.4%, revised due to more moderate demand-side pressures (in tandem with a lower real GDP growth fore...
Daily Africa Insight: An overview of today’s key events and developments
Mauritius: MPC cuts interest rates; another 15-bps cut possible. Namibia: Food and transport costs continue to drag inflation down. Nigeria: Inflation declines further in July. South Afric...
Talking Point: Mauritius – MPC cuts interest rates; another 15-bps cut possible
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Mauritius (BoM) decided by a majority vote to lower the key repo rate (KRR) by 15 bps to 3.35%, following its latest meeting earlier this month. The...
Talking Point: South Africa – Anti-Ramaphosa campaigns are hurting policy reforms
Despite his assurances on Monday, August 19, that the various campaigns being waged against him are not distracting, President Cyril Ramaphosa has dropped several balls as he juggles policies and refo...
Talking Point: Nigeria – Inflation declines further in July
Last month, inflation declined to a new low for this year. The headline print came in at 11.1% y-o-y in July, down from 11.2% y-o-y in June. Food price pressures continued to moderate, with the readin...
Talking Point: Namibia - Food and transport costs continue to drag inflation down
Headline inflation eased to 3.6% y-o-y in July from 3.9% y-o-y in the previous month, thanks to lower transport, food & non-alcoholic beverage price inflation, according to the Namibia Statistics...
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