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Economic Indicators

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Business / Economics

Private sector credit growth slows

Private sector credit extension experienced a sluggish of 1.3% year-on-year in March, reflecting a slowdown from February’s 1.7% year-on-year and a sharp decline from the 3.9% observed in March 2023. This represents the slowest pace of PSCE growth in the last decade. For the first quarter of 2024, the average annual credit growth further softened to 1.8% year-on-year, compared to 3.2% year-on-year in the same quarter of the previous year. […]

todayMay 7, 2024 25

Namibia

Vehicle sales increase by 17% in 2023

New data shows that vehicle sales increased by 17% in 2023 to 12,775 units compared to 10,919 units sold in 2022. This marks the highest total of new vehicles sold in the country since 2017. December 2023 witnessed a downturn, with a year-on-year decline of 11.7% and a month-on-month drop of 28.2%, totaling 841 units. Halleluya Ndimulunde from Simonis and Storm has more.

todayJanuary 22, 2024 31

Namibia

Namibia’s CPI comes in at 5.3%

The Namibia Statistics Agency’s latest Consumer Price Index shows that Namibia’s annual inflation stood at 5.3 percent during December 2023. NSA Communication specialist, Mirja Shihepo helps make sense of things.   Meanwhile, during the month of November 2023, Namibia’s trade balance stood at a deficit of N$4.0 billion an improvement when compared to N$4.5 billion when compared to N$2.8 billion recorded in October 2023. The country’s trade composition by partner […]

todayJanuary 18, 2024 40

Business / Economics

South Africa’s consumer inflation increases to 5.9-percent in October

South Africa’s annual consumer inflation increased for a third consecutive month in October, bordering on the upper limit of the South African Reserve Bank’s inflation target range. The headline rate was 5.9 percent, up from 5.4 percent in September. The consensus among economists before the inflation number was that the Reserve Bank will keep rates on hold when it announces its decision tomorrow.

todayNovember 22, 2023 6

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