South Africa Manufacturing & Mining Output (July)

South African mining data for July were weaker than expected but, taken together with the manufacturing figures also released today, it looks like the economy may have strengthened a little at the start of Q3. Moreover, the data confirm our suspicions that some of the survey data are painting an overly-pessimistic picture of the economy’s health.

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