Early evidence suggests that the coronavirus and South Africa’s lockdown measures are taking a heavy toll on the economy and supports our view that the economy will decline sharply over the year as a whole. Our forecast is for a contraction of 11.0%, which puts us at the bottom of the consensus range.
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