South Africa; Selected Issues
This paper discusses South Africa’s recent growth performance and its new growth targets. It analyzes the history of exchange rate volatility, compares it with other countries, and examines the relationship between volatility and trade flows in South Africa. It highlights facts on reserves holding and presents an empirical analysis of a model in assessing the adequacy of South Africa’s reserves. It also analyzes the cyclical balances to determine revenue performance and discusses the penetration of the South African financial conglomerates into State Security Agency and assesses potential vulnerabilities.
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2006-09-15
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Institutions: | International Monetary Fund (IMF) ; International Monetary Fund |
Subject: | Selected issues | Economic growth | Exchange rates | Budgets | Banks | real gdp | gdp per capita | growth rate | growth rates | employment growth | trade liberalization | unemployment rate | fixed capital formation | gdp growth | growth diagnostics | per capita income | import-competing sectors | forward market | gross fixed capital formation | business cycle | political economy | per capita growth rate | export sector | export performance | gdp deflator | tariff structure | pro-poor growth | fixed investment | terms of trade | capital formation | current account balance | barriers to entry | member country | export growth | tariff protection | balance of payments | growth accounting |
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