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South Africa: Retail sales surprise, but outlook still grim

November’s surprisingly buoyant retail sales figures provide a rare piece of good news for South Africa’s struggling economy. But we expect that rising inflation and tightening monetary policy will weigh on consumer spending in 2016, keeping growth low.

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