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Country Report South Africa January 2011
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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Exchange rate R:US$ (av) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 7.00 | 7.66 | 7.99 | 7.76 | 7.61 | 7.94 | 7.61 | 7.67 | 8.08 | 9.77 | 10.11 | 9.92 |
| 2009 | 9.91 | 9.98 | 9.95 | 8.96 | 8.37 | 8.03 | 7.95 | 7.94 | 7.50 | 7.49 | 7.51 | 7.48 |
| 2010 | 7.46 | 7.67 | 7.41 | 7.34 | 7.65 | 7.64 | 7.52 | 7.29 | 7.11 | 6.91 | 6.97 | 6.81 |
| Exchange rate R:US$ (end-period) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 7.45 | 7.63 | 8.12 | 7.59 | 7.59 | 7.88 | 7.39 | 7.70 | 8.31 | 9.87 | 9.91 | 9.30 |
| 2009 | 10.20 | 10.04 | 9.52 | 8.44 | 7.98 | 7.73 | 7.81 | 7.78 | 7.41 | 7.77 | 7.38 | 7.36 |
| 2010 | 7.58 | 7.64 | 7.33 | 7.35 | 7.55 | 7.63 | 7.29 | 7.37 | 6.95 | 7.03 | 7.13 | 6.59 |
| Real effective exchange rate (2000=100; CPI-basis) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 7.00 | 7.66 | 7.99 | 7.76 | 7.61 | 7.94 | 7.61 | 7.67 | 8.08 | 9.77 | 10.11 | 9.92 |
| 2009 | 9.91 | 9.98 | 9.95 | 8.96 | 8.37 | 8.03 | 7.95 | 7.94 | 7.50 | 7.49 | 7.51 | 7.48 |
| 2010 | 7.46 | 7.67 | 7.41 | 7.34 | 7.65 | 7.64 | 7.52 | 7.29 | 7.11 | 6.91 | 6.97 | 6.81 |
| Budget revenue (R bn) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 42.7 | 47.5 | 71.9 | 34.1 | 36.6 | 71.9 | 46.9 | 47.6 | 63.6 | 43.2 | 41.1 | 81.4 |
| 2009 | 42.9 | 51.9 | 77.6 | 31.0 | 32.6 | 69.4 | 42.2 | 45.3 | 58.7 | 42.4 | 40.1 | 74.1 |
| 2010 | 46.5 | 58.6 | 68.3 | 40.6 | 38.6 | 74.6 | 47.2 | 56.8 | 56.4 | 44.5 | n/a | n/a |
| Budget expenditure (R bn) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 45.7 | 58.2 | 47.7 | 49.5 | 47.9 | 46.3 | 63.4 | 52.0 | 53.7 | 56.1 | 50.4 | 60.8 |
| 2009 | 54.3 | 58.9 | 59.4 | 67.9 | 52.0 | 65.8 | 72.7 | 53.4 | 66.8 | 63.8 | 62.7 | 67.0 |
| 2010 | 58.7 | 54.4 | 71.4 | 65.1 | 59.0 | 60.3 | 77.8 | 65.8 | 62.9 | 60.9 | n/a | n/a |
| Budget balance (R bn) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | -3.0 | -10.6 | 24.2 | -15.4 | -11.2 | 25.5 | -16.5 | -4.5 | 9.9 | -12.9 | -9.2 | 20.6 |
| 2009 | -11.5 | -7.1 | 18.3 | -36.9 | -19.4 | 3.6 | -30.5 | -8.1 | -8.1 | -21.4 | -22.6 | 7.1 |
| 2010 | -12.2 | 4.2 | -3.1 | -24.5 | -20.4 | 14.3 | -30.6 | -9.0 | -6.6 | -16.3 | n/a | n/a |
| M1 (end-period; % change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 18.8 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 11.1 | 8.6 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 4.4 |
| 2009 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 6.6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2010 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| M2 (end-period; % change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 23.5 | 21.3 | 20.9 | 22.7 | 22.2 | 22.3 | 21.6 | 18.8 | 19.0 | 19.7 | 18.5 | 15.2 |
| 2009 | 12.1 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2010 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Deposit rate (av; %) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 11.7 |
| 2009 | 11.3 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 |
| 2010 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 5.4 | n/a | n/a |
| Prime lending rate (av; %) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.0 |
| 2009 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| 2010 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.0 | n/a |
| Manufacturing production index (seasonally adjusted; % change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 1.2 | 3.7 | -1.2 | 11.1 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 5.0 | -3.0 | -8.2 | -10.3 |
| 2009 | -12.4 | -15.4 | -11.9 | -22.2 | -17.3 | -17.5 | -14.2 | -15.6 | -11.8 | -9.7 | -4.4 | 3.4 |
| 2010 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 6.7 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 1.9 | n/a | n/a |
| Retail sales, volume (seasonally adjusted; % change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.5 | -2.9 | 2.7 | -1.0 | -0.9 | -1.9 | 0.6 | -1.5 | 0.1 |
| 2009 | 0.3 | -0.5 | -3.2 | -7.5 | -2.4 | -6.8 | -3.2 | -4.1 | -2.9 | -4.7 | -3.5 | -2.2 |
| 2010 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 7.3 | n/a | n/a |
| JSE, all items (Dec 1960=100) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 27,317 | 30,674 | 29,588 | 30,743 | 31,841 | 30,413 | 27,720 | 27,702 | 23,836 | 20,992 | 21,209 | 21,509 |
| 2009 | 20,570 | 18,465 | 20,364 | 20,647 | 22,771 | 22,049 | 24,259 | 24,929 | 24,911 | 26,361 | 26,895 | 27,666 |
| 2010 | 26,676 | 26,765 | 28,748 | 28,636 | 27,145 | 26,259 | 28,355 | 27,254 | 29,456 | 30,431 | 30,266 | 32,119 |
| Consumer prices (av; % change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 13.9 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 9.5 |
| 2009 | 9.2 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 6.8 |
| 2010 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | n/a |
| Producer prices (av; % change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 18.9 | 19.1 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.6 | 11.0 |
| 2009 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 5.3 | 2.9 | -3.0 | -4.1 | -3.8 | -4.0 | -3.7 | -3.3 | -1.2 | 0.7 |
| 2010 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 9.4 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.2 | n/a |
| Total exports fob (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 5,625 | 6,131 | 6,400 | 7,240 | 7,393 | 7,580 | 8,050 | 7,879 | 7,562 | 6,719 | 5,329 | 4,892 |
| 2009 | 3,659 | 4,416 | 5,221 | 4,535 | 4,951 | 5,358 | 5,594 | 5,087 | 6,069 | 5,889 | 6,106 | 6,061 |
| 2010 | 4,901 | 5,271 | 6,959 | 6,014 | 6,166 | 7,277 | 7,447 | 6,658 | 7,477 | 7,212 | 8,629 | n/a |
| Total imports cif (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 7,086 | 6,891 | 7,030 | 8,529 | 7,611 | 7,603 | 9,773 | 8,019 | 8,191 | 7,350 | 6,010 | 5,057 |
| 2009 | 5,413 | 4,473 | 5,272 | 4,698 | 4,709 | 4,957 | 5,538 | 5,337 | 5,553 | 6,785 | 6,436 | 5,570 |
| 2010 | 5,355 | 5,992 | 6,897 | 6,271 | 6,205 | 6,540 | 7,179 | 7,298 | 6,968 | 7,676 | 7,424 | n/a |
| Trade balance (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | -1,460 | -760 | -629 | -1,288 | -218 | -23 | -1,724 | -141 | -629 | -630 | -682 | -165 |
| 2009 | -1,754 | -57 | -51 | -162 | 241 | 401 | 56 | -250 | 516 | -896 | -330 | 490 |
| 2010 | -454 | -721 | 62 | -257 | -39 | 737 | 268 | -640 | 509 | -465 | 1,204 | n/a |
| Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 29,885 | 30,304 | 30,615 | 30,763 | 30,831 | 31,103 | 31,300 | 30,966 | 30,832 | 29,935 | 29,938 | 30,584 |
| 2009 | 30,012 | 29,932 | 30,376 | 30,476 | 31,905 | 31,949 | 31,961 | 34,123 | 35,087 | 35,567 | 35,752 | 35,237 |
| 2010 | 35,091 | 34,953 | 37,496 | 37,592 | 37,040 | 37,202 | 38,398 | 38,123 | 38,765 | 38,751 | 37,833 | n/a |
| Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Haver Analytics. | ||||||||||||
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