South Africa’s hard activity data for January show that the retail sector is steaming ahead and driving the recovery. We think the lagging industrial sector will start to catch up on the back of monetary easing and improved electricity and logistical conditions, which underpins our above-consensus growth forecast for this year of 2.3%.
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