High interest rates leads to tighter belts across SA

By Tonny Mafu

Johannesburg – Growth in South Africa’s gross domestic spending slumped to only 1 percent in the second quarter, from 5.75 percent the previous quarter, according to the SA Reserve Bank’s Quarterly Bulletin.

Total domestic spending in the economy consists of household consumption, government expenditure and gross fixed capital formation. The bulletin showed that growth in all three categories had dwindled.  More…

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