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South Africa: Economy ending Q1 on less gloomy note

Activity figures for March were stronger than those for February, but it still looks almost certain that South Africa’s economy contracted in Q1. Conditions seem to have improved in April, and we think that growth over the year as a whole will pick up a bit compared to 2018.

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