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Fixed Income Daily: Bond market and currency metrics for African capital markets
Ghana – Our base view sees risks to the outlook tilted to the upside despite successive below-expected inflation prints in Q1. On balance, we see inflation easing somewhat to average 9.4% in 2020 and...
Daily Africa Insight: An overview of today’s key events and developments
Botswana: Inflation rate remains steady in March Namibia; Inflation remains low and steady in March South Africa: Consumer confidence trends lower in Q1
Talking Point: Namibia - Inflation remains steady and low in March
The consumer price index (CPI) inflation rate was recorded at 4.5% y-o-y in March 2019, up marginally from 4.4% y-o-y in February, according to the Namibia Statistics Agency’s (NSA) latest release.
Talking Point: South Africa - Consumer confidence trends lower in Q1
The FNB/BER Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) dropped by five index points in Q1 2019 to a level of 2, compared to 7 in H2 2018. This reading of 2 is exactly in line with the long-run average reading...
Talking Point: Botswana - Inflation rate remains steady in March
The headline inflation rate was unchanged in March 2019 as price inflation for most items in the consumer price basket remained fairly stable, according to Statistics Botswana’s (StatsBots) latest dat...
SA Daily Economic Report: Morning market update
South Africa accelerates bailout to Eskom Leading business cycle indicator ticks up in February US new home sales surprise on the upside US home price growth slows to a four-year low
Mauritius: Growth forecast to remain broadly stable over medium term, but uncertainty grows
Economic growth surprised to the upside in Q4, thanks to stronger-than-expected contributions from manufacturing and agriculture, resulting in a growth estimate of 3.8% for 2018. Nevertheless, both af...
Mauritius Quarterly Update: Financial services and public investment to buoy the island economy
Economic growth surprised to the upside in Q4, thanks to stronger-than-expected contributions from manufacturing and agriculture, resulting in a growth estimate of 3.8% for 2018. Nevertheless, both af...
Fixed Income Daily: Bond market and currency metrics for African capital markets
Tanzania – The central bank sold Treasury bills at a largely undersubscribed auction this week, with yields increasing across the board, albeit marginally so. The central bank was unable to meet its a...
Daily Africa Insight: An overview of today’s key events and developments
Egypt: Referendum risks Egypt: Fiscal deficit set to narrow further in the coming fiscal year Ghana: Economic growth eases in 2018 Mozambique: Inflation decreases in March, but is set...
SA Weekly Economic Report: Key developments for the week ended 18 April
The JSE All Share Index climbed higher for a third straight week, reaching its best level since September 2018, in line with stronger EM equity prices. Strong gains in telecom, financials and consumer...
Fixed Income Daily: Bond market and currency metrics for African capital markets
Rwanda – The central bank sold Treasury bills on over the past week. Yields trended lower at the latest auction, with the marginal rate on the 28-day instrument slipping to 4.855% from 5.4150% while t...
Talking Point: Ghana - Economic growth eases in 2018
The latest figures from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) show that economic activity eased somewhat in 2018, coming in at a still commendable 6.3% – in line with our estimation – compared with an 8...
Talking Point: Mozambique - Inflation decreases in March, but is set to rise significantly
The National Institute of Statistics (INE) recently released March’s consumer price index (CPI) data, which indicated that inflation decreased by roughly 0.31 ppts. According to the INE, CPI inflation...
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#SouthAfrica Consumer confidence trends lower in Q1, confirming indications that Q1’s GDP growth rate is likely to disappoint
#Botswana – Headline inflation was unchanged at 3.3% y-o-y March. The inflation rate is close to the lower bound of the 3% to 6% target range, whilst the risks to the inflation outlook remains balanced.
Tense Border Standoff Threatens East African Stability - Presidents of Western security allies Rwanda and Uganda, once close allies, hurl accusations as armies stare each other down, putting region’s economic integration at risk wsj.com/articles/a-sca…
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#Ghana real GDP growth eased somewhat in 2018, coming in at a still-commendable 6.3% compared with an 8.1% real GDP growth rate in 2017. All three major sectors recorded weaker growth last year relative to 2017.
#Mozambique #inflation decreases to 3.4% in March. However, the inflation environment is set to change over the short term once the effects of Cyclone Idai filter through the economy.
#Zimbabwe price inflation reaches 66.8% y-o-y in March, but concerns regarding measurement accuracy persist.
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