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SA’s factory sector shows signs of recovery despite headwinds (opens the original)
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Absa’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose by 4.9 points to 50.7 index points in September, returning above the neutral 50-point mark after three consecutive months in contractionary territory. This is as new sales orders recovered and business activity in the manufacturing sector clawed back most of August’s steep decline. The report aligns with the North West University’s third-quarter policy uncertainty index earlier this week, which showed that the cloudiness in South Africa’s economic out
Trade surplus widens to R20.5bn in August (opens the original)
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South Africa’s trade surplus widened slightly to R20.5bn in August from a downwardly revised R18bn in July (previously R20.1bn), the latest data from the revenue service shows. Exports decreased by 5.8% month-on-month to R181.8bn, but still outstripped imports, whose value dropped by 7.8% to R161.3bn, the South African Revenue Service (Sars) reported. The weaker exports were driven by lower sales of platinum group metals, gold and zinc ores and concentrates to the rest of the world. Besides mine
Reserve Bank’s MPC finally back at full strength (opens the original)
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The South African Reserve Bank has appointed economist Franz Ruch as an adviser to its governors and the seventh member of its monetary policy committee (MPC), a move that is likely to make for even more robust discussions at its bimonthly interest rate meetings. Ruch’s appointment, effective from Thursday, brings the MPC to full capacity for the first time since late 2018, just before Brian Kahn’s retirement in December that year. Since then, the resignations of other members have at times whit
Reserve Bank appoints Franz Ruch as seventh MPC member (opens the original)
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The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) has appointed economist Franz Ruch as an adviser to its governors and the seventh member of its monetary policy committee (MPC) with effect from Thursday. The latest addition brings the MPC to full capacity for the first time since late 2018, just before Brian Kahn’s retirement in December that year brought it down to six members. Since then, the resignations of other members have at times whittled down the size of the committee to as low as five. In a state
SA tourist numbers rise 1.4% but Sadc visitors still dominate (opens the original)
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The number of visitors to South Africa rose by 1.4% to just more than a million between July and August, reflecting a 7.4% increase over the same month last year, Stats SA data showed on Wednesday. The report showed that the number of tourists was again dominated by visitors from neighbouring Southern African Development Community (Sadc) countries who traditionally do not spend as much as their counterparts from overseas. Overseas tourists made up 203,376, or 20.2%, of the 1,005,286 visitors, wi
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