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Isaah Mhlanga ,Chief Economist At Alexander Forbes

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Gross domestic product expanded an annualised 66.1% in the three months through September from the previous quarter, following a revised 51.7% decline in the three months through June, Statistics South Africa said Tuesday in the capital, Pretoria. That’s the strongest growth since at least 1990 and the first positive number after four quarters of contraction. The median estimate of 14 economists in a Bloomberg survey was for a 54.4% increase in output.
8 Dec 2020 1PM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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