Country Economic Forecasts - South Africa
Private sector investment has benefited from low borrowing costs, which has contributed to the economic recovery in 2021. Our estimates show that GDP likely rose by 1.1% q-o-q during the final quarter of 2021, translating into an aggregate growth rate of 4.7%. We expect growth will moderate in 2022, with real GDP forecast to expand by 1.8%.
- South Africa: The following represents a general Table of Contents outline for the Country Economic Forecast.
- The actual report may cover any or all of the topics listed below.
- Highlights and Key Issues
- four/five paragraphs of analysis covering the main economic and political issues contained in the subsequent Economic Overview
- Forecast Table showing % changes for the country
- with 2 years of historical data and 4 years of forecast data for the following:
- Domestic demand
- Private consumption
- Fixed investment
- Stockbuilding (% of GDP)
- Government consumption
- Exports of goods and services
- Imports of goods and services
- Unemployment
- Consumer prices
- Current account balance (US$ and % of GDP)
- Government budget (% of GDP)
- Short
- term interest rates (%)
- Long
- term interest rates (%)
- Exchange rate (vs. US dollar)
- Exchange rate (vs. euro)
- Economic Overview
- two pages of events
- driven analysis highlighting the most recent economic activity and, where relevant, political developments of the country, detailing significant changes to Oxford Economics' forecasts
- Charts and Tables
- covering a full range of economic developments relevant to the time period covered.
- These could include such topics as:
- Contributions to GDP growth
- Monthly industrial output
- Business and consumer confidence
- Unemployment rate
- Retail sales
- Prices and earnings
- Consumption and investment
- Government balance and debt
- GDP and industrial production
- Monetary policy and bond yields
- Background Information on the country
- One or two pages of text covering the main historical political and economic factors that determine the country's current position
- Key Facts on the country
- Map of the country
- Key political facts
- Long
- term economic and social development
- changes since 1980
- Structure of GDP by output
- latest year
- Long
- term sovereign credit ratings and outlook
- Corruption perceptions index
- latest year
- Structural economic indicators
- changes since 1990
- Destination of goods' exports
- prior years
- latest year
- Composition of goods & services exports
- latest year
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