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4 Feb 03    War, gold and the Rand
24 Jun 02: African leaders address G8
10 Apr 02: DRC talks
10 Apr 02: Telkom issues somewhat unresolved
09 Apr 02: Strategic Fuel Fund
21 Feb 02: 2002/03 Budget
9 Jan 02: SACOB gets its enquiry

Transmission mechanism between Consumption and Production  (8 Mar 04)
Un)Employment in South Africa (26 Jan 01)
Is Fiscal Sustainability Attainable?:  (Jun 00)
Foreign Exchange Market Intervention in South Africa during the Asian Contagion: (May 00) 
EUR Strength not all good news (3 Jul 02)
Inflation targeting (22 May 02)
Influence of gold price on income tax (24 May 02)
Time for SA to wake up (11 Apr 02)
BEE (11 Apr)
Banking (8 Apr 02)
SADC leaders meeting (14 Jan 02)

E c o n o m i c    G r o w t h
Gold & Non-Gold Production in April (28 June 04)
          Dollar Strengthens Against Rand: Dollar Records a Dow Theory Buy Signal vis-a-vis the Rand (15 Jan 04)
Retail Inflation: (29 Mar 04)
Car Sales: (Apr 03)
Mar 03 : Car sales
Growth Commentary 02
Jun 02: 1st Qtr & historical perspective
14 Jan 02: Update
11 Jan 02: Indicators released during last week
25 Sep 01: Update: deterioration of outlook
28 Aug 01: 2nd quarter GDP figures: ecobulletin
16 Jul 01: Car Sales Do car sales signify a downswing in SA economy?
11 Jul 01: Manufacturing Has manufacturing output peaked?
10 Jul 01: SA economic growth in 2001
4th QTR GDP figures: SA economy is maintaining moderate growth path
9 March: Healthy retail sales growth supports economy
9 Mar : Growth in electricity consumption slows markedly in December but growth in electricity production remains moderate.
6 Feb : Solid growth in December manufacturing production a pointer to continued moderate economic growth.
2 Feb : Strong recovery in car sales in January confirms continuation of moderate economic growth.
17 Jan : Inventory buildup will boost economy Inventory investment contributed 0.6% to GDP growth in Q3 2000, after having been quite low in the previous quarter.
16 Nov 00: Manufacturing will outperform economy in 2000/2001  Real y/y GDP growth during the first half of 2000 was only 2.4%, but the corresponding growth rate for manufacturing was 4.9%.

 P o l i t i c a l   E c o n o m i c s

9 May 03 Implement the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
Paper industry new tool to calculate greenhouse gas emissions of pulp and paper mills
25 Sep 01: A new mineral rights bill
11 Sep 01: America under attack
Telecommunications: is govt getting bold? (19 Jul 01)
Balancing efficiency and democracy (20 Jul 01)
Kempton park land grab (16 July 01)
Black economic empowerment more difficult (11 May 01)
12 Jul 01: Brave new Africa?
Mbeki's presidency: Less than expected (19 Jan 01)
17 Jul 01: Tony Yengeni
12 Jul 01: PAC could again exploit land issue
26 Jan : Why has publication of crime stats not resumed ? Government  has seemingly become very sensitive to any criticism.
11 May 01: Privatisation: Cosatu's objections
9 March: Problems with delivery of houses
16 Feb : ANC gambles on growth vs socialism
29 Jan 01: Mbeki's MARP : Will he walk the talk?
11 Jan 01: Democracy ?
5 Jan 01: Earning her stipend  Patricia De Lille, of the small opposition party, the Pan Africanist Congress.
Kabila's assasination : (see also ecobulletin )

E x c h a n g e    R a t e s

3 Mar 03: The Rand-fluctuations & expectations
17 May 02: R10 to the Dollar
9 April 02: Exchange controls
14 April 02: Rands short term outlook
15 Nov 00: SA and other emerging currencies  The Rand has depreciated by about 20% since the start of the year against the Dollar while the average for emerging market currencies is below 10%.

P r i c e s &  In f l a t i o n

2002
Petrol price: May 2002
Mar 02 PPI: Ecobulletin
2001
13 Jul 01: Will the business cycle help inflation targeting?
2000
14 Feb : Consumer Market Trends Consumer Market Trends Consumer and retail inflation in December 2000
5 Feb : This week's petrol price cut might be the last.
26 Jan : CPI Review
18 Jan : OPEC's production cuts will limit inflation's fall but might enhance oil price stability.

La b o u r

17 Jul 01: The threat of wide spread strikes
8 March: Beetle off, says labour court
8 March: Skilled workers shortage threat to higher growth
15 Nov : Disturbing trends in SA Labour market  There is a hint of less retrenchments next year, but other trends in the labour market are unfavourable.
Unemployment measurement remains problematic

M o n e t a r y    P o l i c y

3 Mar 03 : Money supply
3 Mar 03 : MPC meeting March 2003
10 Nov : MPC : Mboweni will have to make some tough choices soon
Monetary policy remains committed to inflation target: 16 Aug: Mboweni stated that "monetary policy cannot contribute directly to sustainable economic growth and full employment creation."
19 Jul 01: When will the SARB cut rates again?
17 Jan: MPC likely to maintain the status quo.  (see also  ecobulletin )

Fi s c a l    P o l i c y

26 Feb 03  The Budget unveiled
The Budget for 2001: (21 Feb 01)
4 Jan : Government statistics reflect fairly healthy fiscus : The most recent set of government finance statistics, April to November, show that revenue has grown by 8.5% compared to the same period a year ago.
5 Nov 00 : Tax perspectives for SA for 2000 and beyond  At the Price Waterhouse Coopers' Business Update 2000 seminar Michael Katz outlined certain factors which would influence tax regulation in general over the next five years. (5 Nov 00)

I n t e r e s t     R a t e s

The US economy: What interest rates can do and cannot do (20 Jul 01)

F i n a n c i a l   M a r k e t s

10 Jul 01:Corporate bonds will become more popular

Fo r e i g n   S e c t o r

16 Jul 01: SA & other Emerging Markets Why SA should outperform other emerging markets.
17 Jan : BOP and Rand outlook  The BOP may show a small surplus this year, which will underpin the Rand over the year as a whole, but not be conducive to significant Rand strength.