South Africa Economic Calendar

Economy of South Africa

South Africa is Africa's second-largest economy, with an emerging market and a mixed economy. Although the natural resource extraction industry remains one of the largest in the nation in terms of yearly GDP contribution, South Africa's economy is diversified with significant economic sectors such as mining, agriculture, energy, manufacturing, transport, and tourism.

The South African rand (ZAR) is the country's official currency. It is also accepted as a legal currency in the Common Monetary Area member nations of Namibia, Lesotho, and Eswatini, whose national currencies are tied to the rand at parity and are nonetheless generally accepted as replacements.

Bank of South Africa

South Africa's central reserve bank is the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). Its duties include establishing and executing South Africa's monetary policy, safeguarding the efficiency of South Africa's financial system, and, when required, intervening in the foreign exchange markets.

The South African Reserve Bank is one of the few privately owned central banks in the world, however, recently there have been discussions to nationalize it.

Interest Rate of South Africa

The South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is in charge of setting Interest Rates for the South Africa.

South Africa Economic Calendar

Dec 25, 00:00
3 days
ZAR Christmas
None
Dec 26, 00:00
4 days
ZAR Day of Good Will
None
Dec 30, 11:30
8 days
ZAR Budget Balance (Nov)
Low
-ZAR46.08B
-ZAR18B
Dec 31, 06:00
9 days
ZAR M3 Money Supply YoY (Nov)
Low
7.79%
Dec 31, 06:00
9 days
ZAR Private Sector Credit YoY (Nov)
Low
4.26%
4%
Dec 31, 12:00
9 days
ZAR Balance of Trade (Nov)
Medium
ZAR14.63B
Jan 01, 00:00
10 days
ZAR New Year's Day
None
Jan 08, 06:00
17 days
ZAR Foreign Exchange Reserves (Dec)
Low
64
Jan 08, 09:00
17 days
ZAR ABSA Manufacturing PMI (Dec)
Low
50.8
Jan 09, 13:10
18 days
ZAR Total New Vehicle Sales (Dec)
Low
41.2
Jan 10, 11:00
19 days
ZAR Manufacturing Production MoM (Nov)
Low
Jan 10, 11:00
19 days
ZAR Manufacturing Production YoY (Nov)
Low
Jan 21, 09:30
30 days
ZAR Mining Production YoY (Nov)
Low
Jan 21, 09:30
30 days
ZAR Mining Production MoM (Nov)
Low
Jan 21, 09:30
30 days
ZAR Gold Production YoY (Nov)
Low

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