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Country Report South Africa January 2011
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| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | |
| General government finance (R m) | ||||||||
| Revenue | 158,040 | 165,726 | 172,380 | 133,002 | 146,210 | 156,589 | 173,421 | 153,849 |
| Expenditure | 169,158 | 167,295 | 172,608 | 185,703 | 192,818 | 193,510 | 184,445 | 184,457 |
| Balance | -11,118 | -1,569 | -228 | -52,701 | -46,608 | -36,921 | -11,024 | -30,608 |
| Output | ||||||||
| GDP at constant 2000 prices (R bn) | 459.0 | 462.5 | 432.7 | 441.9 | 449.4 | 459.7 | 439.9 | 455.4 |
| Manufacturing index (2000=100)a | 111.1 | 103.0 | 96.6 | 93.5 | 95.7 | 99.1 | 100.8 | 101.8 |
| Durable goods | 109.6 | 97.3 | 86.5 | 85.7 | 88.8 | 93.6 | 95.0 | 94.9 |
| Non-durable goods | 113.0 | 108.7 | 105.2 | 101.1 | 101.9 | 103.8 | 105.9 | 107.4 |
| Employment & pricesa | ||||||||
| Employment, private (2000=100) | ||||||||
| Mining | 127.0 | 124.6 | 120.7 | 118.1 | 116.3 | 117.1 | 118.7 | 118.7 |
| Manufacturing | 100.1 | 98.3 | 95.9 | 94.1 | 92.6 | 91.4 | 91.8 | 90.3 |
| Construction | 210.4 | 212.8 | 205.8 | 197.7 | 188.5 | 186.2 | 188.0 | 185.2 |
| Consumer prices (2008=100) | 101.6 | 103.2 | 104.8 | 106.8 | 108.1 | 109.2 | 110.4 | 111.4 |
| Consumer prices (% change, year on year) | 11.1 | 10.1 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.2 |
| Production prices (2000=100) | 190.9 | 183.5 | 179.7 | 178.8 | 183.6 | 181.1 | 185.6 | 191.7 |
| Production prices (% change, year on year) | 18.0 | 12.7 | 7.2 | -1.5 | -3.8 | -1.3 | 3.3 | 7.2 |
| Financial indicators | ||||||||
| Exchange rate R:US$ (av) | 7.8 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| Exchange rate R:US$ (end-period) | 8.3 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.6 |
| Deposit rate (av; %) | 12.0 | 12.0 | 10.9 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.8 |
| Lending rate (av; %) | 15.5 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.0 |
| 3-month money market rate (av; %) | 11.7 | 11.7 | 10.6 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.3 |
| Long-term gov bond yield (av; %) | 9.4 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 8.9 |
| M2 (end-period; R bn) | 1,540 | 1,572 | 1,560 | 1,584 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | 19.0 | 15.2 | 7.8 | 4.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| JSE, all items (Dec 1960=100) | 23,836 | 21,509 | 20,364 | 22,049 | 24,911 | 27,666 | 28,748 | 26,259 |
| JSE, all items (% change, year on year) | -34.2 | -45.2 | -41.3 | -26.1 | 17.3 | 62.6 | 83.3 | 20.7 |
| Gold mining share prices (2000=100) | 103.7 | 96.2 | 134.7 | 64.6 | 62.3 | 66.2 | 59.1 | 63.4 |
| Gold mining share prices (% change, year on year) | -24.3 | -29.4 | -2.4 | -50.1 | -39.9 | -31.2 | -56.1 | -1.9 |
| Sectoral trends (2000=100)a | ||||||||
| Gold mining (volume of production) | 70.2 | 69.9 | 70.5 | 66.9 | 65.8 | 65.3 | 60.6 | 65.1 |
| Other mining (volume of production) | 95.3 | 96.7 | 86.3 | 91.7 | 89.9 | 92.3 | 98.6 | 90.5 |
| Retail sales, volume | 99.4 | 99.4 | 98.6 | 95.8 | 96.0 | 95.9 | 99.7 | 100.8 |
| Foreign trade (US$ m) | ||||||||
| Exports fob | 23,490 | 16,940 | 13,296 | 14,844 | 16,750 | 18,055 | 17,131 | 19,456 |
| Net gold exportsb | 1,587 | 1,287 | 1,281 | 1,215 | 1,315 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Imports cif | -25,983 | -18,417 | -15,159 | -14,364 | -16,428 | -18,791 | -18,244 | -19,016 |
| Trade balance | -2,493 | -1,477 | -1,863 | 480 | 323 | -735 | -1,114 | 440 |
| Foreign payments (US$ m) | ||||||||
| Merchandise trade balance | -1,709 | -609 | -1,046 | 899 | 472 | 209 | -152 | 1,074 |
| Services balance | -1,511 | -471 | -391 | -973 | -902 | -521 | -828 | -981 |
| Income balance | -2,722 | -1,609 | -1,275 | -1,753 | -1,838 | -1,523 | -1,590 | -1,843 |
| Net transfer payments | -647 | -413 | -552 | -636 | -764 | -732 | -769 | -355 |
| Current-account balance | -6,589 | -3,102 | -3,264 | -2,463 | -3,032 | -2,567 | -3,339 | -2,105 |
| Reserves excl gold (end-period) | 30,832 | 30,584 | 30,376 | 31,949 | 35,087 | 35,237 | 37,496 | 37,202 |
| a Seasonally adjusted. b Balance-of-payments basis. | ||||||||
| Sources: South African Reserve Bank, Quarterly Bulletin; Statistics South Africa; IMF, International Financial Statistics. | ||||||||
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